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 35.2280, -106.1830

Estimated forage here is better than about 36% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (53rd percentile) and lowest in fall (22nd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 35th, summer 27th, fall 40th)
New Mexico: 36th percentile (spring 44th, summer 53rd, fall 22nd)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 50th percentile (spring 49th, summer 63rd, fall 56th)

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, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Dandelion
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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