Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, dominated by its medieval castle above the Avon and surrounded by the mixed farmland and old parkland of the Warwickshire Avon valley. The Warwickshire BKA covers the town, and the surrounding landscape — the riverside willows and meadowsweet of the Avon, the old walled gardens of the castle precinct and Lord Leycester Hospital, the parkland limes of Warwick Castle grounds and the hedged farmland of the Princethorpe and Barford fringe — gives local bees a productive mixed season from early blackthorn to late ivy.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the lime trees and old walled gardens of the Castle and High Street conservation areas, along the Avon riverside willows and watermeadow margins at St Nicholas Park and Barford, in the parkland limes and old orchard remnants of the castle grounds, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older medieval and Georgian town-centre properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CV32 4AA· approx. 4 km
Visit websiteCV37 6QW· approx. 13 km
Visit websiteCV3 4AQ· approx. 14 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Early flows come from blackthorn and cherry in the Arden hedgerows and oilseed rape on the lighter soils around Southam and Shipston. Hawthorn is abundant; sycamore and field maple fill the middle of May. Lime and sweet chestnut in the parkland around Warwick, Kenilworth and Stratford produce a strong June flow. Bramble and rosebay willowherb support July, and a solid ivy flow along the ironstone villages closes a long season.
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