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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 43.4181, -118.5884

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in fall (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (55th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.66 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 42nd, summer 82nd, fall 92nd)
  • Oregon: 70th percentile (spring 55th, summer 84th, fall 95th)
  • Northern Basin and Range: 99th percentile (spring 96th, summer 99th, fall 85th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 713 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 239 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 305 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 201 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 417 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Alfalfa; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber

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.