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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 44.2717, -123.1628

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); mustard (nearest 0.9 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 1.5 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). 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: 84th percentile (spring 96th, summer 71st, fall 27th)
  • Oregon: 79th percentile (spring 80th, summer 62nd, fall 26th)
  • Willamette Valley: 27th percentile (spring 26th, summer 50th, fall 74th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Mustard: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Dry beans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Dry beans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Mint; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. 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.