Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 44.7335, -122.1526

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 87th, summer 70th, fall 44th)
Oregon: 74th percentile (spring 75th, summer 61st, fall 32nd)
Cascades: 42nd percentile (spring 59th, summer 34th, fall 73rd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Maples, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Maples, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Huckleberries, Himalayan blackberry; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; 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.