Honey bee forage in Ceex Haci, Wisconsin

When is the honey flow in Ceex Haci?

• First forage: Mar 16 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, early trees (maple, willow, poplar))
• Main flow: May 1 to Sep 15, peaking late Jul (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), soybeans, dry Beans)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Ceex Haci, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on May 15.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): soybeans, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dry Beans, summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Fall honey (September to November): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), dry Beans, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), cucumbers; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Whole season (March to November): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dry Beans, soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber, likely to set over some months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Dry beans: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug (grown 3 of the last 5 years)
• Cucumbers: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Oct (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Ceex Haci

Mostly: North-Central Interior and Appalachian Rich Swamp; North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland; North-Central Interior Floodplain Forest.

Nearest mapped water: open water 0.19 mi SE; pond, lake or river 0.55 mi NW.

Things to watch

• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cucumbers: insecticides used on about 36% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

How Ceex Haci ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

About 69% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Nekoosa 4 mi · Babcock 7 mi · Port Edwards 8 mi · Lake Arrowhead 8 mi · Lake Sherwood 10 mi · Wisconsin Rapids 10 mi

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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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Ceex Haci (44.2818, -89.965); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.