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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 42.2329, -123.0397

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: grapes (nearest 0.2 mi NE); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi NE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 97th, summer 62nd, fall 30th)
  • Oregon: 77th percentile (spring 80th, summer 49th, fall 27th)
  • Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range: 93rd percentile (spring 91st, summer 78th, fall 85th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Grapes: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Grapes: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Snowberry; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Snowberry; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • 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). 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.

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.