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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see what blooms within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more) and when, the gaps in the season, 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 45.0276, -109.5767

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Montana. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Montana sites. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.26 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 6th, fall 50th)
  • Montana: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 3rd)
  • Middle Rockies: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 1st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jun 1 — Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Oct 15 — Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Fireweed
  • Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Willows, Arrowleaf balsamroot; dark amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Asters; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Native wildflowers, Fireweed, Asters, Native wildflowers; white
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Fireweed, Asters; white

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.