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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 46.3118, -124.0274

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (85th percentile) and lowest in summer (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cranberries (nearest 0.9 mi NW). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 99th, summer 58th, fall 17th)
  • Washington: 77th percentile (spring 85th, summer 9th, fall 16th)
  • Coast Range: 39th percentile (spring 50th, summer 42nd, fall 83rd)

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, Maples
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cranberries: about 79 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cranberries: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cranberries: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cranberries: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cranberries: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cranberries: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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