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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 45.2208, -122.8382

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.25 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 96th, summer 76th, fall 14th)
  • Oregon: 80th percentile (spring 80th, summer 71st, fall 19th)
  • Willamette Valley: 32nd percentile (spring 24th, summer 81st, fall 38th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Clover/Wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Corn: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 35% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • 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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.