Shoreham-by-Sea lies between the Adur estuary and the South Downs, with an old working harbour, a houseboat community at Shoreham Beach, and the chalk cliffs of Lancing immediately east. It is a compact but exceptionally varied bee landscape.
Collectors in Shoreham are regularly called to swarms in the mature gardens of Old Shoreham and Ham Road, along the river Adur houseboat moorings, in the boundary trees of Lancing College grounds, and on the Downs edge around Mill Hill.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BN12 5JL· approx. 13 km
Visit websiteBN7 2LR· approx. 21 km
Visit websiteRH14 0DS· approx. 27 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The county is carried by a long, staggered honey flow. Spring opens on the blackthorn and hawthorn of the Downs, followed by field maple and sycamore on the Weald, and the sweet-chestnut coppice still worked around the Arun and Rother valleys. Early summer brings white clover on the grazed chalk, bramble in every hedgerow, and the heavy lime flow that lines the streets of Chichester, Arundel and Horsham. Late summer leans on rosebay willowherb, balsam along the Adur, and a strong ivy flow into October on sheltered south-facing lanes. It is a long season, and hives work hard.
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