Honey bee forage in Mount Angel, Oregon

When is the honey flow in Mount Angel?

• First forage: Feb 16 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, maples)
• Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 31, peaking early Apr (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Mount Angel, 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 4.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers, summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Summer honey (July and August): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers, squash; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, squash, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers, squash; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Grapes: about 97 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
• Dry beans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Squash: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late May – late Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Blueberries: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi W, blooms late Mar – late Apr
• Clover and wildflowers: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Mount Angel

Mostly: Other Tree Crops; Sod/Grass Seed; Western Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.44 mi W; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.51 mi NW.

Things to watch

• Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 49% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025); Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% of surveyed US acres (2025); Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

How Mount Angel ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

Nearby

Silverton 5 mi · Gervais 6 mi · Woodburn 6 mi · Scotts Mills 7 mi · Hubbard 8 mi · Brooks 8 mi

All towns in Oregon · National map · How the scoring works

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 Mount Angel (45.0695, -122.7972); 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.