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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 47.4531, -123.9306

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (1st). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 94th percentile (spring 98th, summer 79th, fall 1st)
  • Washington: 79th percentile (spring 81st, summer 50th, fall 1st)
  • Coast Range: 43rd percentile (spring 40th, summer 72nd, fall 27th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries
  • Season ends: Aug 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries, Himalayan blackberry; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Himalayan blackberry, Huckleberries; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Huckleberries, Himalayan blackberry; light amber

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.