Honey bee forage in Pick City, North Dakota

When is the honey flow in Pick City?

• First forage: Mar 16 (early trees (maple, willow, poplar), dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard))
• Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15, peaking early Jun (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Pick City, 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 May 22.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), sunflower, soybeans; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dry Beans, soybeans; light amber, likely to set over some months
• Whole season (March to November): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion; 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

• Dry beans: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Sep (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Sunflower: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Peas: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late May – early Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Sep (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Canola: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug (grown 2 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 Pick City

Mostly: Open water; Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie; Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Woodland.

Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.03 mi SW; creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.08 mi S.

How Pick City ranks

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

About 51% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Riverdale 4 mi · Garrison 10 mi · Coleharbor 11 mi · Stanton 14 mi · Underwood 15 mi · Hazen 17 mi

All towns in North Dakota · 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 Pick City (47.511, -101.4573); 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.