Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 47.3278, -122.6652

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (16th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 91st percentile (spring 98th, summer 64th, fall 28th)
Washington: 76th percentile (spring 84th, summer 16th, fall 24th)
Puget Lowland: 19th percentile (spring 30th, summer 9th, fall 44th)

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
Season ends: Sep 15

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

Things to watch

Heavily developed. About 55% 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 (VE) 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.