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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 36.4455, -103.1480

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (77th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.7 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.2 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 3.4 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.27 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 53rd percentile (spring 65th, summer 55th, fall 79th)
  • New Mexico: 98th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 94th, fall 77th)
  • High Plains: 73rd percentile (spring 90th, summer 29th, fall 78th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 249 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 95 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 200 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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