Bewdley is a handsome Georgian river port on the Severn in north Worcestershire, with Wyre Forest — one of the largest ancient oak woodlands in England — stretching immediately west. The Kidderminster BKA serves the town, and the surrounding landscape — the Severn riverside willows and alder carr, the ancient oak and hazel coppice of Wyre Forest with its substantial lime and cherry component, the Bewdley Heath heather commons and the mixed farmland hedgerows of the Ribbesford and Heightington fringe — gives local bees an outstandingly varied season.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the lime trees and old garden remnants of the Load Street and Lax Lane conservation areas, along the Severn riverside willows and alder margins at Ribbesford and Blackstone, in the ancient woodland edge and old orchard remnants of Wyre Forest, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older Georgian waterfront and Victorian hillside properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
DY11 6TL· approx. 4 km
Visit websiteWR6 6JT· approx. 10 km
Visit websiteDY10 4PY· approx. 10 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The Vale of Evesham opens the year with apple, pear, plum and the last surviving commercial asparagus flowers. Oilseed rape fills the middle fields; hawthorn and sycamore line the lanes. Lime dominates the June streetscape of Worcester, Malvern and Kidderminster. The Malvern Hills bring limestone grassland herbs and a small late-summer heather supplement on the upper slopes; bramble is universal. The tail of the year still carries some traditional hop-garden forage around Bromsgrove, and ivy on the old black-and-white villages closes the season.
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