Honey bee forage in Pine River, Wisconsin

When is the honey flow in Pine River?

• First forage: Mar 1 (early trees (maple, willow, poplar), dandelion)
• Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31, peaking late Jul (alfalfa, soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Oct 15

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Pine River, 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 14.

What the honey is made of

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

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

Bee crops within flight range

• Alfalfa: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Sep (grown 4 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Dry beans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Sep (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 Pine River

Mostly: North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland; North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland; Northern & Central Native Ruderal Forest.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.03 mi NE; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.16 mi NW.

How Pine River ranks

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

About 70% 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

Poy Sippi 4 mi · Redgranite 7 mi · Lohrville 8 mi · Wild Rose 9 mi · Tustin 9 mi · Wautoma 12 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 Pine River (44.1486, -89.0759); 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.