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 35.4904, -108.8954

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in fall (73rd percentile) and lowest in spring (48th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 18th percentile (spring 37th, summer 34th, fall 77th)
New Mexico: 55th percentile (spring 48th, summer 72nd, fall 73rd)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 86th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 86th, fall 69th)

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, Weedy mustards
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
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): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; 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.