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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 47.3131, -119.5325

Estimated forage here is better than about 26% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in fall (78th percentile) and lowest in summer (8th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.4 mi SW); apples (nearest 1.5 mi SW); cherries (nearest 2.4 mi SW). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.27 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 56th percentile (spring 69th, summer 56th, fall 76th)
  • Washington: 26th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 8th, fall 78th)
  • Columbia Plateau: 63rd percentile (spring 88th, summer 24th, fall 67th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Maples
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 169 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Sep
  • Apples: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms late Apr – early May
  • Apples: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms late Apr – early May
  • Cherries: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms early Apr – late Apr
  • Corn: about 269 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Apples: about 127 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi N, blooms late Apr – early May

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Maples, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Garden flowers, Dandelion; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Native wildflowers; light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 67% 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. Apples: insecticides used on about 76% of acres in Washington (2025); Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 93% of acres in Washington (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% of surveyed US acres (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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.