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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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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 45.0677, -87.1362

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in fall (79th percentile) and lowest in summer (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.16 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 67th, summer 76th, fall 74th)
  • Wisconsin: 51st percentile (spring 73rd, summer 44th, fall 79th)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 38th percentile (spring 81st, summer 31st, fall 47th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Corn: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep

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