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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 34.7253, -106.3019

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (70th percentile) and lowest in fall (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 1.9 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.9 mi SE, 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: 20th percentile (spring 46th, summer 34th, fall 63rd)
  • New Mexico: 58th percentile (spring 64th, summer 70th, fall 51st)
  • Southwestern Tablelands: 8th percentile (spring 29th, summer 38th, fall 29th)

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 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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