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 35.1161, -106.3824

Estimated forage here is better than about 52% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (76th percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 37th, fall 37th)
New Mexico: 52nd percentile (spring 57th, summer 76th, fall 19th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 72nd percentile (spring 64th, summer 85th, fall 51st)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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