Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 44.6009, -111.8125

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Montana. Against other Montana sites it stands out most in fall (83rd percentile) and lowest in spring (35th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 21st, summer 75th, fall 95th)
Montana: 71st percentile (spring 35th, summer 70th, fall 83rd)
Middle Rockies: 84th percentile (spring 77th, summer 85th, fall 76th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Willows
Main flow: May 16 to Sep 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers, Snowberry
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Willows, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Snowberry, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers, Snowberry, Willows; 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.