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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 43.4724, -110.7736

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (57th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.4 mi NW, grown 2 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: 53rd percentile (spring 30th, summer 76th, fall 88th)
  • Wyoming: 95th percentile (spring 87th, summer 96th, fall 57th)
  • Middle Rockies: 87th percentile (spring 89th, summer 87th, fall 55th)

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, Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NW, 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, Willows; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry, Native wildflowers; 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.