Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 42.5398, -122.5695

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi S.

Ranking

Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 63rd, fall 21st)
Oregon: 62nd percentile (spring 74th, summer 50th, fall 23rd)
Cascades: 35th percentile (spring 56th, summer 24th, fall 42nd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Maples, Dandelion, Kinnikinnick
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Season ends: Sep 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Ceanothus: redstem; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

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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.