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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 44.4048, -120.9193

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in fall (78th percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 2.5 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); buckwheat (nearest 2.4 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 41st percentile (spring 39th, summer 63rd, fall 81st)
  • Oregon: 43rd percentile (spring 51st, summer 51st, fall 78th)
  • Blue Mountains: 35th percentile (spring 58th, summer 32nd, fall 78th)

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, Arrowleaf balsamroot
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 350 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 184 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Arrowleaf balsamroot; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Snowberry; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.