Flintshire · Swarm collection

Bee swarm in Connah's Quay? Help is a minute away.

Connah's Quay is a Dee-side industrial and residential town immediately upstream of the Flintshire Bridge, where the tidal river narrows between the saltmarsh and the former power-station site. The Wepre Park woodland — ancient oak, beech and sycamore above a steep dingle stream — lies directly adjacent to the town and provides a significant late-spring forage source. Hawthorn hedgerows on the agricultural ground between Connah's Quay and Northop Hall contribute a May flow; bramble is heavy on brownfield land along the former dock perimeter. The Flint and District BKA covers Connah's Quay.

Postcodes we cover
CH5
Where swarms appear in Connah's Quay

Typical swarm locations

Collectors attend swarms in the residential streets behind the waterfront, in the oak and sycamore canopy of Wepre Park, in the hawthorn scrub on the park boundaries, on the brownfield margins of the former power station site, in the garden trees and hedges of the suburban estates on the plateau above the river, and in outbuildings on the smallholdings near Northop Hall.

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Beekeeping associations near Connah's Quay

Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.

Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.

Forage in Flintshire

Sycamore is the dominant flow tree throughout Flintshire, lining the lanes and valley sides from the Alyn valley near Mold to the wooded dingles of the Greenfield Valley. Hawthorn hedgerows are exceptionally strong on the Halkyn plateau and the Hawarden ridge, delivering a reliable May flow across the county. Lime trees in the older town centres and on the Mold and Caerwys market streets contribute a July supplement. White clover is widespread on the pastures and recreation grounds of the lower valleys and coastal plain. Bramble is abundant on the former industrial and railway land around Shotton, Buckley and the Greenfield Valley margins. Gorse on Halkyn Mountain provides a late-winter and spring pollen source. Alder and willow along the Dee foreshore and the Alyn riverbanks contribute early pollen for colonies emerging in spring.

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