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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 36.3761, -106.0444

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in New Mexico. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other New Mexico sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 33rd, summer 25th, fall 58th)
  • New Mexico: 37th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 49th, fall 43rd)
  • Southern Rockies: 15th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 4th, fall 30th)

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 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Sep 30 — Alfalfa, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.