Bee forage check

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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National map

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 48.7628, -114.2806

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Montana. Against other Montana sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (35th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 55th, summer 83rd, fall 78th)
Montana: 95th percentile (spring 98th, summer 90th, fall 35th)
Canadian Rockies: 92nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 77th, fall 33rd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Willows
Main flow: May 1 to Aug 15 — Willows, Snowberry, Huckleberries
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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