Kidwelly — Cydweli — is a small medieval town on the Gwendraeth estuary, dominated by its well-preserved Norman castle. The Gwendraeth rivers and their flood plain carry a distinctive wetland forage of meadowsweet, hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife; the surrounding farmland hedgerows give hawthorn, sycamore and elder; the castle walls and old churchyard trees produce ivy in late autumn. The Carmarthen BKA covers this area, with collectors familiar with the medieval town's older roofspaces.
Collectors cover swarms in the old churchyard and castle-moat trees, along the Gwendraeth riverside willows and wet-meadow margins, in the older walled and hedged gardens of the town streets, and in the eaves and roof voids of the older render-and-stone properties around the town centre.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
SA31 2JG· approx. 15 km
SA4 4PE· approx. 19 km
SA4 9DH· approx. 22 km
Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Blackthorn and hawthorn in the Tywi and Teifi valleys open the year. Sycamore is everywhere; white clover in the hay meadows still matters. Lime in Carmarthen, Llanelli, Llandeilo and Ammanford gives a strong June flow. The Black Mountain contributes bell and ling heather in August. Bilberry on the Brechfa oakwoods supplements; bramble is dense; ivy on whitewashed farmhouses closes a long dairy-country season.
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