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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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Forage report for 42.1533, -109.4239

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in fall (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (55th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 40th percentile (spring 14th, summer 67th, fall 97th)
  • Wyoming: 86th percentile (spring 55th, summer 82nd, fall 94th)
  • Wyoming Basin: 95th percentile (spring 77th, summer 94th, fall 98th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Wyoming, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jul 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 479 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 391 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 147 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 236 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion; white

Things to watch

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An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.