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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 48.2571, -121.6067

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: clover and wildflowers (nearest 1.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 98th, summer 81st, fall 36th)
  • Washington: 82nd percentile (spring 81st, summer 61st, fall 30th)
  • North Cascades: 95th percentile (spring 96th, summer 41st, fall 28th)

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, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Clover and wildflowers: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms early May – early Sep
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NE, blooms early May – early Sep
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi W, blooms early May – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

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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.