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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 36.2444, -107.7535

Estimated forage here is better than about 33% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (77th percentile) and lowest in spring (19th). 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 20th, summer 23rd, fall 79th)
  • New Mexico: 33rd percentile (spring 19th, summer 45th, fall 77th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 52nd percentile (spring 33rd, summer 59th, fall 74th)

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 — Weedy mustards, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Oct 31 — Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • 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): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Weedy mustards; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Weedy mustards; 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.