Hull is a Humber estuary city — maritime, flat and post-industrial, now greening rapidly. Its avenues of lime, mature horse chestnuts in Pearson Park and the managed meadows of the flood-plain greenways feed urban colonies well. Swarms are common in June across the Victorian suburbs.
Collectors regularly attend swarms on the chimney pots of the avenues of Cottingham Road and Beverley Road, in the limes of Pearson Park, on the allotments of Inglemire Lane and in the sheltered yards of the Old Town. The greenway corridors east toward Hedon carry a swarming population of feral colonies.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
HU17 9BA· approx. 12 km
Visit websiteDN20 0JR· approx. 25 km
Visit websiteLN8 3TR· 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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