Honey bee forage in Edison, Washington

When is the honey flow in Edison?

• First forage: Feb 16 (dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), caneberries)
• Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15, peaking late Apr (clover/Wildflowers, blueberries, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Edison, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Apr 13.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): blueberries, clover/Wildflowers, clovers: white, alsike and red, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): clover/Wildflowers, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), pumpkins, squash, garden flowers; amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Whole season (March to November): clover/Wildflowers, blueberries, clovers: white, alsike and red, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set over some months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Corn: about 95 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Blueberries: about 151 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late Apr
• Clover and wildflowers: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Edison

Mostly: Open water; North Pacific Broadleaf Landslide Forest; Potatoes.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0 mi S; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.02 mi E.

Things to watch

• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Blueberries: insecticides used on about 91% of acres in Washington (2025); Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024). 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.

How Edison ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

Nearby

Bow 1 mi · Alger 6 mi · Bay View 6 mi · Burlington 8 mi · Sedro-Woolley 10 mi · Anacortes 10 mi

All towns in Washington · National map · How the scoring works

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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Edison (48.5676, -122.4343); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.