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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 35.3681, -108.0740

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (88th percentile) and lowest in spring (46th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 21st percentile (spring 36th, summer 40th, fall 84th)
  • New Mexico: 62nd percentile (spring 46th, summer 81st, fall 88th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 90th percentile (spring 80th, summer 90th, fall 85th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Sep 30 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Asters; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; light 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.