Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

Or tap the map. We don't store your address or exact location.

Forage on the map in —

National map

The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 43.1363, -88.5972

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in summer (77th percentile) and lowest in spring (56th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 83rd percentile (spring 59th, summer 87th, fall 66th)
Wisconsin: 84th percentile (spring 56th, summer 77th, fall 59th)
Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains: 59th percentile (spring 78th, summer 42nd, fall 41st)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 31 — Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

Soybeans: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
Soybeans: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
Corn: about 389 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
Soybeans: about 476 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
Corn: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
Corn: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); white
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber

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.