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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 47.1442, -121.6277

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (29th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 98th, summer 88th, fall 35th)
  • Washington: 86th percentile (spring 78th, summer 95th, fall 29th)
  • Cascades: 87th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 91st, fall 61st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Maples, Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries
  • Season ends: Sep 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries, Oregon grape; amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Himalayan blackberry, Snowberry; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Himalayan blackberry, Snowberry; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries, Himalayan blackberry; light amber

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.