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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.

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Forage report for 43.3394, -90.3827

Estimated forage here is better than about 59% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi SW); soybeans (nearest 1.8 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.41 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 76th, fall 75th)
  • Wisconsin: 59th percentile (spring 84th, summer 43rd, fall 80th)
  • Driftless Area: 42nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 15th, fall 94th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 160 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 779 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber

Things to watch

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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.