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 43.1790, -124.1841

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (85th percentile) and lowest in summer (29th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 90th percentile (spring 98th, summer 44th, fall 42nd)
Oregon: 83rd percentile (spring 85th, summer 29th, fall 31st)
Coast Range: 38th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 34th, fall 96th)

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, Willows
Main flow: Feb 16 to May 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Heavily developed. About 56% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
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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.