Tempo is a quiet village on the road between Enniskillen and Maguiresbridge, set in the low drumlin farmland that characterises the eastern shores of Upper Lough Erne. The surrounding landscape is a mosaic of small fields, dense whitethorn and blackthorn hedges, and wet rush-pasture typical of the Erne lowland; the drumlin network is interspersed with small lakes, boggy hollows and scrubby woodland. Hawthorn on the hedgerows provides a strong May flow across this mixed landscape; white clover and red clover on the improved grazing is the main mid-summer crop. Hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife on the wetter ground near the Erne tributaries carry a useful late-summer supplement. The limestone-influenced hedgerows support wild raspberry, elder and bramble.
Collectors attend swarms in the whitethorn and elder hedgerows on the drumlin lanes toward Enniskillen and Maguiresbridge, in the willows and scrub on the wetter ground around the small lakes near the village, in the outbuildings and stone walls of the farmyards along the Tempo Road, and in the mature gardens of the larger properties near the village centre.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BT26 6NH· approx. 103 km
LL77 7NX· approx. 245 km
CA24 3HZ· approx. 259 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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