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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 32.7960, -105.5317

Estimated forage here is better than about 52% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (68th percentile) and lowest in fall (25th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 46th, summer 32nd, fall 42nd)
  • New Mexico: 52nd percentile (spring 63rd, summer 68th, fall 25th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 72nd percentile (spring 70th, summer 77th, fall 59th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush, Asters, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber

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.