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 35.6283, -105.9399

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (93rd percentile) and lowest in fall (60th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi S.

Ranking

Continental US: 43rd percentile (spring 60th, summer 50th, fall 69th)
New Mexico: 95th percentile (spring 88th, summer 93rd, fall 60th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 96th percentile (spring 97th, summer 95th, fall 54th)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra 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.