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Forage report for 44.0526, -122.9816

Estimated forage here is better than about 65% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: dry beans (nearest 2.5 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); squash (nearest 2.5 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.8 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.21 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 90th, summer 51st, fall 30th)
  • Oregon: 65th percentile (spring 76th, summer 35th, fall 27th)
  • Willamette Valley: 8th percentile (spring 13th, summer 4th, fall 78th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Dry beans: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Dry beans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Squash: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SE, blooms late May – late Sep
  • Dry beans: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Squash: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi SE, blooms late May – late Sep
  • Squash: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi SE, blooms late May – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 95% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024); Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.