Isle of Anglesey · Swarm collection

Bee swarm in Cemaes? Help is a minute away.

Cemaes is the northernmost village in Wales, sheltered in a small bay on Anglesey's north coast between Wylfa Head and Cemlyn Bay National Nature Reserve. The village harbour and the surrounding coastal heathland carry gorse, heather and sea thrift that provide a distinctive late-summer forage season; inland dairy farmland on the plateau between Cemaes and Llanerchymedd adds hawthorn hedges and white clover through summer. The proximity of Cemlyn Lagoon and the maritime heath at Wylfa gives local colonies access to some of the most varied coastal flora in North Wales. The Anglesey BKA covers Cemaes and the north-coast parishes.

Postcodes we cover
LL67
Where swarms appear in Cemaes

Typical swarm locations

Collectors attend swarms in the harbour-side cottages and slate-roofed terraces of the village, along the coastal path between Cemaes Bay and Bull Bay, on the clifftop gorse scrub above Cemlyn Bay, in the stone outbuildings of dairy farms on the Llanerchymedd road, and in dry-stone boundary walls on the open heathland east of Wylfa Head.

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Beekeeping associations near Cemaes

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

  • Anglesey Beekeepers

    LL77 7NX· approx. 19 km

  • Conwy Beekeepers

    LL32 8UH· approx. 45 km

  • Lleyn ac Eifionydd Beekeepers

    LL53 6BJ· approx. 57 km

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

Forage in Isle of Anglesey

Oilseed rape on the Anglesey plateau — grown widely between Llangefni, Gwalchmai and Llanerchymedd — gives a generous early May crop. Hawthorn on deep double-hedges follows through the agricultural lanes; white clover persists on the dairy pastures through summer. Gorse dominates the west-coast clifftops and coastal heath of Holy Island and the Lligwy headland from March onward; heather and bilberry add a late-August supplement on Mynydd Llwydiarth and the higher Mynydd Parys plateau. Coastal dune slacks at Newborough Warren and Aberffraw carry wild thyme, kidney vetch and bird's-foot trefoil — distinctive forage found in few other Welsh regions. Sea lavender on the Malltraeth Estuary and Cefni margins adds seasoning; bramble is universal on scrub, hedgerow and forest edge; ivy on old stone farmhouses and coastal cottages closes the year.

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