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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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Forage report for 35.9651, -105.3319

Estimated forage here is better than about 91% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in spring and fall (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 35th percentile (spring 40th, summer 62nd, fall 63rd)
  • New Mexico: 91st percentile (spring 52nd, summer 96th, fall 52nd)
  • Southern Rockies: 56th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 41st, fall 38th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; extra 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.