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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 34.4378, -103.1960

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.7 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.13 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 89th, summer 63rd, fall 41st)
  • New Mexico: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 97th, fall 23rd)
  • High Plains: 93rd percentile (spring 100th, summer 44th, fall 31st)

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 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Dandelion, Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 386 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 173 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 104 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 66% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.

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.