Isle of Anglesey · Swarm collection

Bee swarm in Llangefni? Help is a minute away.

Llangefni is the quiet county town of Anglesey, set in the valley of the Afon Cefni where the river winds through flat farmland towards the Cefni Reservoir marshes south of the town. The compact market centre has lime and horse chestnut in the riverside walks along the Dingle; the Cefni Reservoir margins provide a productive damp-land forage of meadowsweet, hemp agrimony and purple loosestrife through July and August. Oilseed rape on the plateau farmland nearby opens the season in late April; sycamore and hawthorn in the town parks follow. The Anglesey BKA, which covers the whole island, operates from the Llangefni area, and collectors are quickly deployed across this central location.

Postcodes we cover
LL77
Where swarms appear in Llangefni

Typical swarm locations

Collectors handle swarms in the older properties around Church Street and the town square, in the riverside gardens and scrub along the Dingle walkway, at the Cefni Reservoir margin bramble and elder, and in the storage buildings and barn eaves of farms on the plateau lanes approaching the town from Amlwch and Menai Bridge.

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Beekeeping associations near Llangefni

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

  • Anglesey Beekeepers

    LL77 7NX· approx. 2 km

  • Conwy Beekeepers

    LL32 8UH· approx. 30 km

  • Lleyn ac Eifionydd Beekeepers

    LL53 6BJ· approx. 40 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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