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 35.5780, -105.7906

Estimated forage here is better than about 36% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (67th percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 29th, summer 32nd, fall 34th)
New Mexico: 36th percentile (spring 37th, summer 67th, fall 16th)
Southern Rockies: 14th percentile (spring 77th, summer 8th, fall 10th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New Mexico, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Main flow: May 1 to Jul 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; 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.