Kidderminster is a carpet-town on the Stour in north Worcestershire, on the edge of the Wyre Forest and with the Severn valley to the west. The North Worcestershire BKA covers the town, and the surrounding landscape — the ancient oak woodland of the Wyre Forest, the old orchards and mixed farmland of the Stour valley, the riverside willows of the Stour and Severn and the old walled-garden fringe of the town's Victorian villas — gives local bees access to a varied woodland and riverside season that is distinctive even within Worcestershire.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the older garden and orchard remnants of the Worcestershire Street and Church Street conservation areas, in the ancient oak and hazel scrub margins of the Wyre Forest between Bewdley and Buttonoak, along the Stour and Severn riverside willows and watermeadow margins at Stourport and Hartlebury, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older town-centre properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
DY11 6TL· approx. 1 km
Visit websiteDY10 4PY· approx. 6 km
Visit websiteDY9 7PU· approx. 11 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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