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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 35.1270, -108.5046

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (61st). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 26th percentile (spring 47th, summer 43rd, fall 70th)
  • New Mexico: 71st percentile (spring 66th, summer 84th, fall 61st)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 92nd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 92nd, fall 56th)

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, Weedy mustards, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 31 — Willows, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Yellow starthistle, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Weedy mustards, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Yellow starthistle, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Willows, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; 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.