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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 47.6413, -122.5083

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (13th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.12 mi NE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 98th, summer 62nd, fall 32nd)
  • Washington: 71st percentile (spring 80th, summer 13th, fall 26th)
  • Puget Lowland: 14th percentile (spring 19th, summer 7th, fall 47th)

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 30

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): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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 73% 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 (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.