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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 46.4348, -91.0572

Estimated forage here is better than about 49% of sites in Wisconsin. Against other Wisconsin sites it stands out most in fall (74th percentile) and lowest in summer (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 0.8 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 64th, summer 77th, fall 72nd)
  • Wisconsin: 49th percentile (spring 67th, summer 48th, fall 74th)
  • Northern Lakes and Forests: 84th percentile (spring 42nd, 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 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, 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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion; 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.