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 33.5394, -105.7122

Estimated forage here is better than about 17% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it ranks highest in spring (39th percentile) and lowest in summer (21st). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 31st, summer 12th, fall 42nd)
New Mexico: 17th percentile (spring 39th, summer 21st, fall 24th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 20th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 30th, 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 — Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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.