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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 44.1491, -108.8621

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.7 mi SW, 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: 23rd percentile (spring 23rd, summer 57th, fall 78th)
  • Wyoming: 61st percentile (spring 74th, summer 66th, fall 23rd)
  • Wyoming Basin: 87th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 86th, fall 32nd)

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, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: May 1 to Sep 15 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Arrowleaf balsamroot; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry; 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.