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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 33.1335, -105.8003

Estimated forage here is better than about 19% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it ranks highest in summer (38th percentile) and lowest in fall (5th). Biggest nearby bee crops: apples (nearest 1.8 mi N). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 8th percentile (spring 30th, summer 20th, fall 14th)
  • New Mexico: 19th percentile (spring 37th, summer 38th, fall 5th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 24th percentile (spring 38th, summer 49th, fall 16th)

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 — Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Apples: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi N, blooms late Apr – early May
  • Apples: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms late Apr – early May
  • Apples: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi W, blooms late Apr – early May

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Apples: insecticides used on about 77% 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.