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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 45.5528, -122.8753

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: vetch (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.9 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 90th percentile (spring 98th, summer 75th, fall 39th)
  • Oregon: 82nd percentile (spring 83rd, summer 68th, fall 30th)
  • Willamette Valley: 42nd percentile (spring 40th, summer 73rd, fall 88th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Maples
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Vetch: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Aug
  • Vetch: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early Aug
  • Vetch: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late Aug
  • Vetch: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 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, Clover/Wildflowers, Maples; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Clover/Wildflowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 85% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.