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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 45.0559, -110.6202

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in Montana. Against other Montana sites it stands out most in summer (58th percentile) and lowest in spring (13th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.28 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 32nd percentile (spring 9th, summer 69th, fall 81st)
  • Montana: 46th percentile (spring 13th, summer 58th, fall 42nd)
  • Middle Rockies: 60th percentile (spring 53rd, summer 65th, fall 37th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Willows, Native wildflowers, Arrowleaf balsamroot
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Sep 15 — Native wildflowers, Snowberry, Huckleberries
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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