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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 45.1123, -121.3532

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in Oregon. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Oregon sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.1 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years); apples (nearest 3.1 mi N). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 77th, fall 82nd)
  • Oregon: 75th percentile (spring 71st, summer 71st, fall 80th)
  • Columbia Plateau: 86th percentile (spring 90th, summer 77th, fall 83rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Weedy mustards, Willows, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 31 — Weedy mustards, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Yellow starthistle
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Apples: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi N, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Weedy mustards, Willows, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Yellow starthistle, Snowberry, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Weedy mustards, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Weedy mustards, Yellow starthistle, Snowberry; 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.