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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 44.7084, -108.8864

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.6 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 1.8 mi NW, 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: 61st percentile (spring 48th, summer 76th, fall 79th)
  • Wyoming: 97th percentile (spring 99th, summer 96th, fall 27th)
  • Wyoming Basin: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 99th, fall 37th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 115 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 118 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 738 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 804 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.