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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 45.6705, -121.2749

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (71st percentile) and lowest in fall (42nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: cherries (nearest 0.3 mi N); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); grapes (nearest 1.4 mi NW). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.33 mi NE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 70th, fall 58th)
  • Oregon: 63rd percentile (spring 71st, summer 60th, fall 42nd)
  • Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills: 75th percentile (spring 91st, summer 55th, fall 43rd)

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 Aug 15 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cherries: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cherries: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi E, blooms early Apr – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

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