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Forage report for 44.8510, -92.2419

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in fall (81st percentile) and lowest in summer (62nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 82nd percentile (spring 70th, summer 83rd, fall 76th)
  • Wisconsin: 81st percentile (spring 80th, summer 62nd, fall 81st)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 6th percentile (spring 96th, summer 4th, fall 97th)

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: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 166 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 143 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.