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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 35.0503, -107.5420

Estimated forage here is better than about 50% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (80th percentile) and lowest in spring (43rd). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 16th percentile (spring 34th, summer 29th, fall 81st)
  • New Mexico: 50th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 60th, fall 80th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 80th percentile (spring 76th, summer 78th, fall 78th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Weedy mustards, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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