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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 42.9408, -120.6694

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Oregon. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Oregon sites. Expect a dearth from early May to late Jul. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.9 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.12 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 2nd, fall 1st)
  • Oregon: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 7th)
  • Northern Basin and Range: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 0th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Native wildflowers, Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Dearth: May 1 to Jul 31
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa; extra 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.