Hallatrow is a village on the A39 at the western edge of the former Somerset coalfield, nestled between the older pit villages of High Littleton and Paulton. The surrounding landscape is a mosaic of improved pasture, old hedgerows and scrubby woodland on the former colliery tips — productive territory for honeybees, with bramble, willowherb and clover carrying colonies through summer. Bath Beekeepers Association covers the village and surrounding area.
Collectors attend swarms in the hedgerow hawthorn and elder along the A39 corridor, in the bramble and scrub on the old colliery tips south of the village, and in stone-built garden walls and outbuildings on the village lanes.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BA3 2DP· approx. 5 km
Visit websiteBA2 9JA· approx. 7 km
Visit websitebs313ep· approx. 10 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The season opens on blackthorn and willow along the Avon riverside at Saltford and Keynsham, followed by hawthorn and apple blossom through the Chew valley orchards in May. Lime is the defining June flow in Bath — the plane trees of Great Pulteney Street, the lime avenues of Royal Victoria Park and the Prior Park landscape garden are particularly productive. Mendip-fringe limestone grasslands around Chew Magna, Bishop Sutton and Clutton carry wild thyme, knapweed and marjoram from June into July. Bramble is dense on the coal-measure slopes above Radstock, Midsomer Norton and Timsbury; willowherb and himalayan balsam flush the Avon towpath below Saltford and Keynsham through August. Ivy on Bath stone walls and village churchyards closes the year into October.
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