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Forage report for 42.9213, -110.9946

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Wyoming. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Wyoming sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 35th, summer 83rd, fall 99th)
  • Wyoming: 99th percentile (spring 95th, summer 99th, fall 97th)
  • Middle Rockies: 96th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 96th, fall 96th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Willows
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 234 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 656 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 352 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 1,198 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 396 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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

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.