Seahouses is a north Northumberland coastal village and fishing harbour, sitting on the dune-backed shore opposite the Farne Islands. Its bees work an unusual coastal forage sequence — sea buckthorn in the dune slacks, late-summer clover on the Links and the great heather moors of the Kyloe Hills and Belford Moor not far inland.
Swarms appear on the stone harbour walls, on the boat-shed rooftops along the quay and in the hawthorn scrub at the edges of the caravan and camping parks on the Links. The old fishermen's cottages of the village centre have thick stone chimneys that reliably attract overwintering colonies and June swarms.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
NE65 9QH· approx. 34 km
Visit websiteNE12 8EH· approx. 63 km
Visit websiteNE9 5AX· approx. 71 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The northern moors — Simonside, Redesdale, the Cheviots — carry some of the heaviest ling heather flows in England, with colonies migrated in from as far as the Tyne Valley and beyond. Bell heather opens the late-summer flow; ling finishes it. Sycamore and hawthorn are the dominant hedgerow spring flows. Coastal dune plants at Lindisfarne and Druridge add unusual seasoning. Rosebay willowherb flushes the post-industrial Tyne corridor, and ivy on dark sandstone walls closes the year.
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