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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 45.2278, -122.7582

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (22nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.6 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 98th, summer 67th, fall 19th)
  • Oregon: 82nd percentile (spring 84th, summer 56th, fall 22nd)
  • Willamette Valley: 39th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 33rd, fall 54th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Clover/Wildflowers, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Corn: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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