Beverley is an East Riding minster town on the chalk Wolds edge — Georgian streets, Saturday Market lime trees and the vast Westwood common pasture. Its bees work an outstanding midsummer flow from the Westwood and the Minster precinct limes.
Swarms settle on the ancient lime trees of Saturday and Wednesday Markets, on Minster precinct walls and in the hedgerows of the Westwood. Tiled Georgian roof eaves on Lairgate and Highgate are a consistent swarming spot in June.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
HU17 9BA· approx. 0 km
Visit websiteDN20 0JR· approx. 32 km
Visit websiteYO19 5UF· approx. 40 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape is the defining early flow across the Wolds and Holderness plain. Hawthorn and field maple line the hedgerows. Lime lights the streets of Beverley, Driffield, Hull (Kingston-upon-Hull) and Bridlington. The Wolds chalk grasslands carry thyme, knapweed and sainfoin; bramble and rosebay willowherb are universal. Coastal sea-buckthorn at Spurn adds a distinctive late-summer flow, and a strong ivy flow on the East Riding's pantile villages closes the year.
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