Bee forage check

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Forage report for 43.4799, -121.6918

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in summer (81st percentile) and lowest in spring (56th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.18 mi E.

Ranking

Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 80th, fall 75th)
Oregon: 63rd percentile (spring 56th, summer 81st, fall 70th)
Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills: 75th percentile (spring 68th, summer 82nd, fall 83rd)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Dandelion
Main flow: May 1 to Aug 15 — Snowberry, Willows, Dandelion
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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