Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 42.4832, -107.8271

Estimated forage here is better than about 26% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (51st percentile) and lowest in summer (23rd). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.41 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 14th percentile (spring 12th, summer 36th, fall 83rd)
Wyoming: 26th percentile (spring 51st, summer 23rd, fall 41st)
Wyoming Basin: 48th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 44th, fall 56th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Weedy mustards
Main flow: May 16 to Oct 15 — Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

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

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.