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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 35.7011, -107.0432

Estimated forage here is better than about 40% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (22nd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 12th percentile (spring 21st, summer 25th, fall 87th)
  • New Mexico: 40th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 48th, fall 94th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 64th percentile (spring 40th, summer 63rd, fall 90th)

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, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Native wildflowers
  • Main 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, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Native wildflowers; white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Asters, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush; 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.