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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see what blooms within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more) and when, the gaps in the season, 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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Forage report for 48.8216, -121.5373

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in fall (65th percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (1st). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 1st, summer 38th, fall 66th)
  • Washington: 0th percentile (spring 1st, summer 1st, fall 65th)
  • North Cascades: 0th percentile (spring 6th, summer 1st, fall 57th)

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

Season

  • First forage: May 16 — Maples, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Sep 15 — Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Maples, Huckleberries, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Maples; 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.