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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 45.5768, -92.4638

Estimated forage here is better than about 35% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (29th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 2.5 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.11 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 68th, fall 59th)
  • Wisconsin: 35th percentile (spring 84th, summer 29th, fall 40th)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 25th percentile (spring 89th, summer 16th, fall 16th)

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)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 137 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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.