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Forage report for 47.2263, -122.2369

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in summer (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: caneberries (nearest 0.5 mi NE); squash (nearest 0.6 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); pumpkins (nearest 2.2 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi E. 3 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 94th, summer 57th, fall 38th)
  • Washington: 46th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 9th, fall 31st)
  • Puget Lowland: 5th percentile (spring 7th, summer 4th, fall 57th)

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 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Caneberries: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Squash: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late May – late Sep
  • Caneberries: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi S, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Caneberries: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SE, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Caneberries: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi S, blooms early Mar – late Jun
  • Pumpkins: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SE, blooms late May – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Garden flowers; light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 72% 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. Caneberries: raspberries: insecticides used on about 99% of acres in Washington (2023); Caneberries: blackberries: insecticides used on about 60% of surveyed US acres (2017); Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024); Pumpkins: insecticides used on about 75% of surveyed US acres (2024); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 91% 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.
  • 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.