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 35.0607, -107.6633

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (76th percentile) and lowest in spring (47th). 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: 16th percentile (spring 36th, summer 29th, fall 78th)
New Mexico: 51st percentile (spring 47th, summer 60th, fall 76th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 81st percentile (spring 80th, summer 77th, fall 74th)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 16 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Weedy mustards; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Asters, Rubber rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush, Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.