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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 44.6632, -106.1408

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in summer (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.7 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 1.8 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.4 mi S, 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: 25th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 49th, fall 89th)
  • Wyoming: 66th percentile (spring 91st, summer 52nd, fall 65th)
  • Northwestern Great Plains: 32nd percentile (spring 64th, summer 27th, fall 53rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Oct 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Millet: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Millet: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Arrowleaf balsamroot; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.