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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 36.6501, -108.2156

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (56th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.9 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 1.0 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 30th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 53rd, fall 74th)
  • New Mexico: 82nd percentile (spring 56th, summer 94th, fall 69th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 94th percentile (spring 87th, summer 95th, fall 65th)

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, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 119 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Dry beans: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Dry Beans, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters, Rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Green/yellow 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.