Honey bee forage in Brooks, Oregon

When is the honey flow in Brooks?

• First forage: Feb 16 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 31, peaking early Apr (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Brooks, 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 Apr 5.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): clovers: white, alsike and red, clover/Wildflowers, dandelion, dry Beans; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, squash, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, clover/Wildflowers, garden flowers; 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

• Clover and wildflowers: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Squash: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late May – late Sep (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Blueberries: about 143 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi S, blooms late Mar – late Apr
• Dry beans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug (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 Brooks

Mostly: Other Tree Crops; Sod/Grass Seed; Western Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.13 mi W; pond, lake or river 0.15 mi N.

Things to watch

• Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 44% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024); Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% of surveyed US acres (2025). 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 Brooks ranks

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

Nearby

Labish Village 2 mi · Keizer 5 mi · Gervais 5 mi · Hayesville 5 mi · Mount Angel 8 mi · Woodburn 8 mi

All towns in Oregon · 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 Brooks (45.0509, -122.9574); 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.