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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 33.8101, -108.6684

Estimated forage here is better than about 42% of sites in New Mexico. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other New Mexico sites. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 13th percentile (spring 37th, summer 23rd, fall 63rd)
  • New Mexico: 42nd percentile (spring 48th, summer 45th, fall 50th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 58th percentile (spring 54th, summer 55th, fall 81st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Oct 31 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.