Honey bee forage in Paac Ciinak, Wisconsin

When is the honey flow in Paac Ciinak?

• First forage: Mar 16 (early trees (maple, willow, poplar))
• Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15, peaking early Aug (alfalfa, early trees (maple, willow, poplar), summer-flowering trees (locust, linden))
• Season ends: Oct 15

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Paac Ciinak, 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 21.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): early trees (maple, willow, poplar), summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion; light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Summer honey (July and August): alfalfa, soybeans, summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), summer-flowering shrubs; white, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Fall honey (September to November): alfalfa, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red; white, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Whole season (March to November): alfalfa, early trees (maple, willow, poplar), summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months

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

Bee crops within flight range

• Corn: about 198 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Alfalfa: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep (grown 3 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep (grown 2 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 Paac Ciinak

Mostly: Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest; Laurentian-Acadian Alkaline Conifer-Hardwood Swamp; Northern & Central Native Ruderal Forest.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.19 mi S; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.36 mi W.

How Paac Ciinak ranks

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

About 62% 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

Wittenberg 2 mi · Eland 3 mi · Birnamwood 6 mi · Elderon 7 mi · Bowler 9 mi · Hatley 9 mi

All towns in Wisconsin · National map · How the scoring works

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 Paac Ciinak (44.858, -89.1551); 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.