Snaith is a small market town on the River Aire in the south of the East Riding, between Goole and Selby. The priory church, the Aire flood meadows and the surrounding arable land give local bees a strong oilseed rape and hawthorn spring, with bramble and meadowsweet along the riverside carrying the summer flow.
Swarms settle in the churchyard yew and sycamore at the priory, on the garden hedgerows of the main streets, and in the bankside willow and elder scrub along the Aire. Collectors here cover the southern Humber plain between Goole and Selby.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
YO8 9AN· approx. 9 km
Visit websiteLS25 6HH· approx. 16 km
Visit websiteDN3 3AG· approx. 18 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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