Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 35.5336, -105.8380

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (50th percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). 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 26th, fall 50th)
New Mexico: 37th percentile (spring 45th, summer 50th, fall 32nd)
Southern Rockies: 15th percentile (spring 86th, summer 4th, fall 19th)

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 Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 31 — Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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