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 45.6089, -113.4435

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Montana. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Montana sites. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 46th, summer 85th, fall 99th)
Montana: 97th percentile (spring 94th, summer 92nd, fall 96th)
Middle Rockies: 98th percentile (spring 97th, summer 97th, fall 96th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Willows, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; dark amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Willows, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Willows, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.