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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 45.6770, -118.7368

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in fall (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 2.0 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); canola (nearest 2.7 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 80th, summer 64th, fall 54th)
  • Oregon: 64th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 51st, fall 38th)
  • Columbia Plateau: 76th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 47th, fall 22nd)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Willows
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Peas: about 253 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NE, blooms late Apr – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NW, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Mustard: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms early May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Willows; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber

Things to watch

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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.