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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 35.8977, -105.9669

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (79th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cherries (nearest 3.5 mi W). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 55th percentile (spring 64th, summer 59th, fall 80th)
  • New Mexico: 98th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 96th, fall 79th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 97th percentile (spring 98th, summer 96th, 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 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.