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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 45.7284, -121.4837

Estimated forage here is better than about 50% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (74th percentile) and lowest in summer (11th). Biggest nearby bee crops: pears (nearest 2.0 mi S); cherries (nearest 2.0 mi SW); grapes (nearest 1.4 mi NW). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.26 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 94th, summer 59th, fall 44th)
  • Washington: 50th percentile (spring 74th, summer 11th, fall 37th)
  • Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills: 85th percentile (spring 99th, summer 38th, fall 15th)

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, Maples
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Snowberry
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Pears: about 560 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi S, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Pears: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SW, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SW, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Pears: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Cherries: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi SW, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Pears: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms early Apr – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 52% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Pears: insecticides used on about 69% of acres in Washington (2025); 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); Apples: insecticides used on about 76% of acres in Washington (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.

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.