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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 36.3339, -106.1716

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (45th). 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), 0.28 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 32nd percentile (spring 35th, summer 63rd, fall 63rd)
  • New Mexico: 88th percentile (spring 45th, summer 97th, fall 52nd)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 94th percentile (spring 78th, summer 97th, fall 45th)

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 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 348 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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