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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 45.3081, -122.9605

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.9 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.4 mi S); squash (nearest 2.9 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi NW. 3 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 96th, summer 61st, fall 34th)
  • Oregon: 78th percentile (spring 80th, summer 46th, fall 28th)
  • Willamette Valley: 21st percentile (spring 25th, summer 14th, fall 82nd)

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
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Corn: about 167 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Corn: about 141 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 90% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024); Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.