Haxby is a large village north of York on the flat Vale of York plain, with the surrounding arable fields producing an April oilseed rape flow that is among the most important in the area for honey production. The village green and the older orchard gardens on Usher Lane and the village core retain fruit trees and elder, while hawthorn hedgerows on the lanes toward Strensall and Wigginton carry a reliable May blossom for colonies coming out of winter. York and District Beekeepers maintain active collector coverage across YO32.
Collectors attend swarms on the Vale of York oilseed rape field-margins and hedgerow oaks along Moor Lane, in the orchard gardens in the older residential streets around Usher Lane, in the hawthorn and elder on the field edges toward Towthorpe Road, and in the roof voids of the detached village houses in the Ethel Ward Close area.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
YO19 5UF· approx. 6 km
Visit websiteYO61 3AG· approx. 15 km
LS25 6HH· approx. 23 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape on the Vale of York arable fields around Dunnington, Poppleton and Skelton opens the season from early April. Hawthorn is dense on the field-boundary hedgerows all around the city fringe. York city centre is defined by its lime flow in June — Museum Gardens, Dean's Park, the Knavesmire lime avenue and the Victorian residential streets of Bishopthorpe Road and Bootham all contribute. Bramble is prolific on the railway embankment and Strensall Common edges; willowherb and himalayan balsam follow on the Ouse riverside. Bell heather on Strensall Common gives a modest but genuine late-July supplement. Ivy on the City Walls, churchyard walls and older suburban gardens closes the year.
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