Kesh is a small market village on the northern shore of Lower Lough Erne, the jumping-off point for Boa Island to the west — reached by road bridge and home to the ancient Caldragh cemetery with its Iron Age stone figures amid rough grassland. The Lough Erne shoreline around Kesh is extensive, with willow carr, reed beds and margins rich in hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife providing sustained summer forage. Limestone grassland patches on the nearby lough islands carry wild thyme and marjoram. Hawthorn hedges across the drumlin farmland peak in May. Sycamore and elder in the village itself contribute through June and July.
Swarms around Kesh are commonly found in the willows and alder along the Erne lough shore west of the village, in sycamore and elder near the village centre on Main Street, in the rough grassland and scrub of Boa Island near Caldragh cemetery, and in the whitethorn hedges along the Ederney Road.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BT26 6NH· approx. 113 km
LL77 7NX· approx. 264 km
CA24 3HZ· approx. 269 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Blackthorn and hawthorn on limestone hedges open the year; sycamore fills May. Lime in Enniskillen gives a strong June flow. Bramble is dense; the lough islands' limestone grassland contributes wild thyme, marjoram and knapweed. Hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife along the Erne and its tributaries carry a long late-summer flow. A modest ling heather crop on the Cuilcagh uplands, and ivy on old lakeside cottages, close a long mild year.
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