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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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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 45.6948, -121.8967

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cherries (nearest 1.5 mi SW); grapes (nearest 1.5 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 98th, summer 69th, fall 39th)
  • Washington: 73rd percentile (spring 80th, summer 24th, fall 33rd)
  • Cascades: 62nd percentile (spring 75th, summer 33rd, fall 67th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Willows
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cherries: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Grapes: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 93% of acres in Washington (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 34% of acres in Washington (2025); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 34% of acres in Washington (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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.