Wednesfield is a historic market town on the north-eastern edge of Wolverhampton, with an ancient church and a distinctive character as a lock-making and key-cutting centre in the industrial era. The Wyrley and Essington Canal passes through the town and gives a productive forage corridor of hawthorn, elder and bramble; Wednesfield Park's mature avenue planting and the open grassland of the East Park fringe bring white clover and lime forage within easy reach of town-centre colonies.
Collectors attend swarms along the Wyrley and Essington Canal towpath between Sneyd Junction and the Wednesfield wharves, in the lime and sycamore of Wednesfield Park and East Park, on the eaves and chimney stacks of the older terraced streets around High Street and Rookery Street, and in the garden borders of the inter-war and post-war housing estates on the New Cross and Ashmore Park fringe.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
B74 2YT· approx. 17 km
Visit websiteDY9 7PU· approx. 17 km
Visit websiteST17 0UP· approx. 20 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Spring is carried on blossoming garden cherry, blackthorn and horse chestnut in parks like Sutton, Lickey Hills and Cannon Hill. Urban limes — both small-leaved and hybrid — dominate the June flow, especially along the old tram and canal routes. Bramble is universal on allotments and towpaths, and rosebay willowherb flushes the brownfield and rail corridors through July. The Clent and Waseley Hills give a useful edge of hill forage to colonies in the southern fringe, and ivy closes a long urban season.
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