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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 43.8768, -116.9954

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in summer (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (37th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.47 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 66th, summer 78th, fall 53rd)
  • Oregon: 70th percentile (spring 70th, summer 74th, fall 37th)
  • Snake River Plain: 82nd percentile (spring 95th, summer 72nd, fall 9th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 113 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 120 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 414 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Lindens / basswood; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Dry Beans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Garden flowers; 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.