Bee forage check

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 35.8225, -105.9008

Estimated forage here is better than about 39% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (53rd percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). 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 37th, summer 27th, fall 44th)
New Mexico: 39th percentile (spring 48th, summer 53rd, fall 26th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 62nd percentile (spring 81st, summer 71st, fall 18th)

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, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Main flow: Apr 16 to Jun 30 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

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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.