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Honey bee forage in Mexican Hat, Utah
Estimated forage here is better than about 14% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it ranks highest in spring (42nd percentile) and lowest in summer (13th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.27 mi NE.
When is the honey flow in Mexican Hat?
- First forage: Mar 1 (native wildflowers, spring-flowering shrubs)
- Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30, peaking late Apr (native wildflowers, spring-flowering shrubs, spotted and diffuse knapweed)
- Fall flow: Jul 16 to Oct 31 (rabbitbrush, spotted and diffuse knapweed)
- Season ends: Oct 31
Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Mexican Hat, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Apr 9.
What the honey is made of
- Spring honey (March to June): native wildflowers, spring-flowering shrubs, spotted and diffuse knapweed, weedy mustards; light amber, likely to set over some months
- Summer honey (July and August): rabbitbrush, spotted and diffuse knapweed, native wildflowers, green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
- Fall honey (September to November): rabbitbrush, green/yellow rabbitbrush, rubber rabbitbrush, spotted and diffuse knapweed; dark amber
- Whole season (March to November): native wildflowers, rabbitbrush, spotted and diffuse knapweed, spring-flowering shrubs; amber
Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.
Bee crops within flight range
No rated bee crops within about 3.7 miles of the town center. The forage here is wild plants, trees and gardens.
The land and water around Mexican Hat
Mostly: Colorado Plateau Blackbrush-Mormon-tea Shrubland; Colorado Plateau Mixed Bedrock Canyon and Tableland; Inter-Mountain Basins Mixed Salt Desert Scrub.
Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.27 mi NE; open water 0.5 mi SW.
How Mexican Hat ranks
| Against random land in | Overall | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental US | 3rd | 13th | 6th | 37th |
| Utah | 14th | 42nd | 13th | 18th |
| Colorado Plateaus | 24th | 43rd | 23rd | 29th |
Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.
About 90% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.
The national forage map around Mexican Hat: darker is more forage. Tap anywhere to check that exact spot.
Nearby
Halchita 2 mi · Tselakai Dezza 15 mi · Bluff 18 mi · Oljato-Monument Valley 23 mi · White Mesa 31 mi · Montezuma Creek 33 mi
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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Mexican Hat (37.1743, -109.8836); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.