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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 45.5191, -123.0514

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.7 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); blueberries (nearest 1.1 mi SW); corn (nearest 1.0 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.23 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 97th, summer 79th, fall 28th)
  • Oregon: 82nd percentile (spring 81st, summer 77th, fall 26th)
  • Willamette Valley: 38th percentile (spring 29th, summer 91st, fall 75th)

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: Mar 1 to Jul 31 — Clover/Wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 93 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Blueberries: about 95 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 206 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, 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, Maples; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clover/Wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Alfalfa; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clover/Wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 69% 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. Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% 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.

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.