Uplands is the bohemian inner suburb of Swansea on the hill above the city centre, birthplace of Dylan Thomas and home to the oldest streets of the Victorian city. The mature plane trees and flowering cherries of Uplands Crescent and Gower Road, the allotment gardens around St Helen's and the planted canopy of Brynmill Park give local bees a productive mid-city season from April through October. The Swansea and District BKA covers this area.
Collectors cover swarms in the mature plane and lime trees of Uplands Crescent and Gower Road, in Brynmill Park and the St Helen's playing fields, in the large walled gardens of the Victorian villas of Richmond Road and Eaton Crescent, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the Edwardian and Victorian terraces throughout the area.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
SA4 9DH· approx. 5 km
SA4 4PE· approx. 7 km
CF32 8UU· approx. 28 km
Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Gower gorse carries a genuinely long forage season, flowering through much of the year and peaking in spring. Blackthorn and hawthorn line the limestone headlands; bramble blankets the cliff paths. The Clyne and Singleton lime avenues give a classic June city flow. Bell and ling heather on Cefn Bryn and the Gower commons produce a strong late-summer crop still commercially worked. Coastal dune sea-lavender, ivy-leaved toadflax and the salt-marsh plants of Penclawdd add character; ivy on limestone village walls finishes the year.
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