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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 45.2011, -123.8862

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in fall (20th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 1.4 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 94th percentile (spring 99th, summer 55th, fall 16th)
  • Oregon: 86th percentile (spring 88th, summer 38th, fall 20th)
  • Coast Range: 46th percentile (spring 55th, summer 40th, fall 81st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Willows
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Sweet corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.