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Forage report for 36.9941, -107.6062

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in New Mexico. Against other New Mexico sites it stands out most in summer (55th percentile) and lowest in fall (39th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.4 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 2.5 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 27th, fall 55th)
  • New Mexico: 37th percentile (spring 40th, summer 55th, fall 39th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 75th percentile (spring 89th, summer 70th, fall 63rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 220 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; light amber

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.