Bee forage check

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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National map

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 44.8106, -118.4197

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in spring (56th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 85th, fall 73rd)
Oregon: 73rd percentile (spring 56th, summer 96th, fall 65th)
Blue Mountains: 94th percentile (spring 68th, summer 97th, fall 60th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Snowberry, Willows
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Native wildflowers; dark amber
Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Mallow ninebark, Huckleberries, Native wildflowers
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Fireweed, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion; extra light amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Willows, Native wildflowers, Huckleberries; 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.