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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 36.7133, -105.5984

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (65th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.9 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 69th, fall 82nd)
  • New Mexico: 98th percentile (spring 65th, summer 98th, fall 83rd)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 97th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 98th, fall 82nd)

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, Willows
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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