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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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Forage report for 44.9118, -117.9424

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in fall (96th percentile) and lowest in spring (70th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); canola (nearest 2.3 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 67th, summer 82nd, fall 93rd)
  • Oregon: 78th percentile (spring 70th, summer 83rd, fall 96th)
  • Blue Mountains: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 67th, fall 95th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 265 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 86 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Canola: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi S, blooms early May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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