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 42.7505, -124.4992

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (6th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 97th, summer 27th, fall 15th)
Oregon: 79th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 6th, fall 20th)
Coast Range: 29th percentile (spring 33rd, summer 23rd, fall 81st)

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

Season

First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Maples
Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Aug 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Huckleberries; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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.