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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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Forage report for 33.1935, -104.3683

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (7th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NE); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.5 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 84th, summer 68th, fall 18th)
  • New Mexico: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 98th, fall 7th)
  • Chihuahuan Deserts: 100th percentile (spring 97th, summer 100th, fall 10th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 510 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 283 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 279 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Apr – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white

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.