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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see what blooms within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more) and when, the gaps in the season, 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 47.0035, -90.5522

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Wisconsin. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Wisconsin sites. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 21st, summer 34th, fall 1st)
  • Wisconsin: 0th percentile (spring 2nd, summer 0th, fall 0th)
  • Northern Lakes and Forests: 1st percentile (spring 1st, summer 3rd, fall 0th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Wisconsin, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Jul 31 — Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Spring-flowering shrubs; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs; 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.