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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 45.5373, -90.5339

Estimated forage here is better than about 39% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in fall (75th percentile) and lowest in summer (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 58th, summer 77th, fall 72nd)
  • Wisconsin: 39th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 48th, fall 75th)
  • Northern Lakes and Forests: 73rd percentile (spring 29th, summer 94th, fall 93rd)

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 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 132 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 61 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, 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): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Alfalfa, Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.