Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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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 42.8846, -124.0765

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 98th, summer 37th, fall 7th)
Oregon: 80th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 19th, fall 14th)
Coast Range: 30th percentile (spring 37th, summer 29th, fall 63rd)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Feb 16 to May 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Huckleberries; 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.