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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 45.6533, -92.4598

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in spring (93rd percentile) and lowest in summer (49th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi SW). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi NE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 80th, summer 78th, fall 72nd)
  • Wisconsin: 75th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 49th, fall 73rd)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 67th percentile (spring 95th, summer 37th, fall 40th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 262 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 130 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.