Splott and the adjoining Tremorfa ward make up the industrial eastern flank of Cardiff, between Roath to the north and the tidal Taff estuary at Cardiff Bay to the south. The former steelworks site at Tremorfa is now brownfield scrub with dense rosebay willowherb and buddleia; the Splott Park allotments and Roath Mill Gardens provide additional urban bee habitat through the season. The Cardiff, Vale and Valleys BKA covers this area.
Collectors handle swarms in the allotment gardens and Splott Park lime trees, along the brownfield and scrub corridor at Tremorfa, in the eaves and roof voids of the terraced and semi-detached properties of the Portmanmoor Road and Splott Road areas, and occasionally on the edge of the Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve to the south.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CF5 6LW· approx. 11 km
BS24 7AY· approx. 23 km
Visit websiteCF32 8UU· approx. 30 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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