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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 46.6829, -123.7410

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (77th percentile) and lowest in summer (29th). Biggest nearby bee crops: blueberries (nearest 3.7 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 97th, summer 73rd, fall 44th)
  • Washington: 72nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 29th, fall 38th)
  • Coast Range: 33rd percentile (spring 33rd, summer 57th, fall 96th)

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

  • Blueberries: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early May

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 53% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) 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.