This has been a strange year for me as well. Other than the 7 year old Greasy bean seeds I found at the bottom of my saved seed box From Seed Savers that are giving me over 90 % germination rate. I am not getting good results from fresh bean seed I purchased for this year. If it were not for my saved seeds I would be going through a lot of seed. I am redoubling my seed saving this year and have extra plants going with the sole purpose of seed harvest. I think that’s the only way to insure a steady source.