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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 48.9397, -122.5943

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Washington. Against other Washington sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (25th). Biggest nearby bee crops: caneberries (right here); blueberries (nearest 0.3 mi NE); corn (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 86th, fall 31st)
  • Washington: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 86th, fall 25th)
  • Puget Lowland: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 98th, fall 46th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Caneberries
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Caneberries
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Caneberries: about 425 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Mar – early Jul
  • Blueberries: about 348 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Caneberries: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Mar – early Jul
  • Blueberries: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Caneberries: about 177 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms early Mar – early Jul
  • Corn: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Caneberries, Blueberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Caneberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Caneberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Blueberries; light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Caneberries: raspberries: insecticides used on about 99% of acres in Washington (2023); Caneberries: blackberries: insecticides used on about 60% of surveyed US acres (2017); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 91% of acres in Washington (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
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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.