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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 35.1715, -107.4070

Estimated forage here is better than about 34% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (65th percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 25th, fall 72nd)
  • New Mexico: 34th percentile (spring 26th, summer 48th, fall 65th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 48th percentile (spring 27th, summer 57th, fall 89th)

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 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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