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 35.5699, -108.7657

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer and fall (79th percentile) and lowest in spring (59th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.3 mi NE.

Ranking

Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 43rd, summer 39th, fall 80th)
New Mexico: 67th percentile (spring 59th, summer 79th, fall 79th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 91st percentile (spring 89th, summer 90th, fall 77th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
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
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): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber 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.