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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 44.4604, -118.7099

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in fall (91st percentile) and lowest in summer (58th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 61st percentile (spring 59th, summer 68th, fall 88th)
  • Oregon: 58th percentile (spring 67th, summer 58th, fall 91st)
  • Blue Mountains: 55th percentile (spring 96th, summer 36th, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Willows
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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