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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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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 43.8021, -108.1828

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (20th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 2.2 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.2 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.4 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 28th percentile (spring 38th, summer 56th, fall 76th)
  • Wyoming: 73rd percentile (spring 96th, summer 64th, fall 20th)
  • Wyoming Basin: 92nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 85th, fall 26th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 115 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug

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, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; 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.