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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 44.0189, -91.1038

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in summer (74th percentile) and lowest in spring (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (right here, grown 2 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: 77th percentile (spring 45th, summer 86th, fall 60th)
  • Wisconsin: 64th percentile (spring 27th, summer 74th, fall 42nd)
  • Driftless Area: 48th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 59th, fall 21st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 467 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 243 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 228 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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