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 35.4390, -108.9932

Estimated forage here is better than about 34% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (62nd percentile) and lowest in spring (27th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi E.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 24th, summer 25th, fall 71st)
New Mexico: 34th percentile (spring 27th, summer 48th, fall 62nd)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 53rd percentile (spring 50th, summer 64th, fall 57th)

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 — Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers, Dandelion
Main flow: Apr 16 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Asters, Rubber rabbitbrush; 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, Spring-flowering shrubs; 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.