Bee forage check

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 46.1798, -122.9517

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (21st). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 70th, fall 25th)
Washington: 95th percentile (spring 98th, summer 25th, fall 21st)
Coast Range: 83rd percentile (spring 86th, summer 55th, fall 89th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Washington, 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 May 31 — Maples, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jun 30 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Himalayan blackberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Maples, Dandelion; 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.