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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 32.6119, -103.1028

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (4th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.65 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 27th percentile (spring 67th, summer 26th, fall 12th)
  • New Mexico: 76th percentile (spring 94th, summer 50th, fall 4th)
  • High Plains: 10th percentile (spring 91st, summer 8th, fall 12th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New Mexico, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Cotton: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 2,143 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Sorghum: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; water white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs; white

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.