Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 33.3308, -105.5967

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (24th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 77th, summer 45th, fall 42nd)
New Mexico: 97th percentile (spring 98th, summer 87th, fall 24th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 99th percentile (spring 96th, summer 94th, fall 58th)

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 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.