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 47.7947, -122.5071

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 99th, summer 68th, fall 22nd)
Washington: 82nd percentile (spring 89th, summer 22nd, fall 19th)
Puget Lowland: 32nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 15th, fall 33rd)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

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.