Honey bee forage in Mulino, Oregon

When is the honey flow in Mulino?

• First forage: Feb 1 (dandelion, maples, willows)
• Main flow: Mar 1 to May 31, peaking early Apr (summer-flowering shrubs, maples, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jun 30 (summer-flowering shrubs, himalayan blackberry, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Aug 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Mulino, 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): summer-flowering shrubs, maples, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion; light amber, likely to stay liquid a long time
• Summer honey (July and August): clovers: white, alsike and red, summer-flowering shrubs, dandelion, spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
• Whole season (March to November): summer-flowering shrubs, clovers: white, alsike and red, maples, dandelion; 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

• Dry beans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Vetch: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Sweet corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Clover and wildflowers: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, 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 Mulino

Mostly: Western Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland; North Pacific Maritime Dry-Mesic Douglas-fir-Western Hemlock Forest; North Pacific Maritime Mesic-Wet Douglas-fir-Western Hemlock Forest.

Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.02 mi W; creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.15 mi N.

Things to watch

• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% of surveyed US acres (2025). 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 Mulino ranks

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

About 58% 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.

Nearby

Beavercreek 5 mi · Molalla 5 mi · Canby 7 mi · Barlow 8 mi · Oregon City 8 mi · Aurora 10 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 Mulino (45.222, -122.5572); 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.