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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 45.8151, -118.4278

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (71st percentile) and lowest in fall (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: chickpeas (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); canola (nearest 0.9 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 0.7 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 69th, summer 65th, fall 48th)
  • Oregon: 55th percentile (spring 71st, summer 53rd, fall 34th)
  • Columbia Plateau: 65th percentile (spring 88th, summer 51st, fall 15th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Chickpeas: about 254 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Canola: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Peas: about 197 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Canola: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Canola: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Chickpeas: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 42% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • 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.