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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 45.6176, -121.2344

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in fall (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cherries (nearest 0.3 mi NE). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.21 mi N. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 89th, summer 67th, fall 62nd)
  • Oregon: 74th percentile (spring 76th, summer 56th, fall 48th)
  • Columbia Plateau: 86th percentile (spring 95th, summer 57th, fall 34th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Willows, Maples
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to May 15 — Cherries, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cherries: about 3,433 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 201 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Apr – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cherries; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Garden flowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 84% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% 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.
  • 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.