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 48.7430, -113.4265

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Montana. Against other Montana sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (58th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 51st, summer 86th, fall 87th)
Montana: 97th percentile (spring 97th, summer 96th, fall 58th)
Canadian Rockies: 96th percentile (spring 96th, summer 91st, fall 49th)

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 1 to Aug 15 — Willows, Snowberry, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Oct 31

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): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Huckleberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Fireweed, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Willows, Native wildflowers, 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.