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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 42.6783, -110.9415

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in summer and fall (99th percentile) and lowest in spring (85th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.46 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 28th, summer 83rd, fall 99th)
  • Wyoming: 99th percentile (spring 85th, summer 99th, fall 99th)
  • Middle Rockies: 96th percentile (spring 88th, summer 95th, fall 97th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 633 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 723 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 731 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light 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.