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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 34.3399, -108.5068

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer and fall (81st percentile) and lowest in spring (66th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 27th percentile (spring 47th, summer 40th, fall 81st)
  • New Mexico: 74th percentile (spring 66th, summer 81st, fall 81st)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 93rd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 91st, fall 79th)

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 — Willows, Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Willows, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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