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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 45.9332, -122.8490

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in Oregon. Against other Oregon sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: strawberries (nearest 2.5 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); caneberries (nearest 1.6 mi NW); peas (nearest 2.7 mi E, 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. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 65th, fall 33rd)
  • Oregon: 84th percentile (spring 86th, summer 53rd, fall 28th)
  • Willamette Valley: 47th percentile (spring 56th, summer 25th, fall 81st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Maples
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Strawberries: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi E, blooms early Mar – late May
  • Caneberries: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Peas: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi E, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Caneberries: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SE, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Blueberries: about 141 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi SE, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Blueberries: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi E, blooms late Mar – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Maples, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Maples, Dandelion; light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Strawberries: insecticides used on about 96% of surveyed US acres (2025); Caneberries: raspberries: insecticides used on about 84% of surveyed US acres (2025); Caneberries: blackberries: insecticides used on about 60% of surveyed US acres (2017); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% 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.