Heath is a north Cardiff suburb centred on Roath Park's northern extension and the University Hospital of Wales campus, with Heath Park providing substantial open grassland and tree cover immediately east of the hospital. The lime trees of Lake Road and the mature garden stock of this mid-twentieth-century suburb give local bees a good June flow; the park corridor links south to the formal rose garden and boating lake of Roath Park proper. The Cardiff, Vale and Valleys BKA covers this area.
Collectors cover swarms in the lime trees and mature formal planting of Roath Park and Heath Park, in the larger garden trees of the mid-century semi-detached stock along Lake Road and Fidlas Avenue, in the allotment gardens off Allensbank Road, and in the eaves and loft spaces of the inter-war and postwar housing throughout the suburb.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CF5 6LW· approx. 9 km
BS24 7AY· approx. 26 km
Visit websiteCF32 8UU· approx. 27 km
Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Early flows come from cherry plum and blackthorn in Bute and Roath parks. Sycamore and horse chestnut fill May; the lime collection in Bute Park is one of the largest in any UK city, giving a classic pale urban lime honey in June. Bramble is dense along the Taff Trail; rosebay willowherb flushes the former dock brownfield of Cardiff Bay. Coastal sea-lavender and samphire at Rhymney Great Wharf add a distinctive saline note; ivy on Victorian terraces closes the year.
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