Llandaff is the historic cathedral village within Cardiff, set above the west bank of the Taff around its medieval cathedral and green. The Cathedral Close lime trees, the mature gardens of the Bishop's Palace and the old walled churchyard give local bees some of the best urban June forage in the city; the Taff trail corridor links to riverside willow and elder scrub at Radyr and Tongwynlais. The Cardiff, Vale and Valleys BKA covers this area with experienced collectors.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the Cathedral Close lime trees and mature churchyard oaks, in the walled and hedged gardens of the Cathedral Road and Western Avenue conservation areas, along the Taff riverside willows and wet-meadow margin at Llandaff Weir, and in the eaves and chimney stacks of the older stone-built properties near the cathedral green.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CF5 6LW· approx. 7 km
CF32 8UU· approx. 26 km
BS24 7AY· approx. 26 km
Visit websiteAssociation 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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