Worcester is the cathedral city of Worcestershire, set in the wide Severn valley where the Teme and Severn rivers meet, surrounded by the Vale of Evesham orchard country to the south and the Malvern Hills AONB to the west. The Worcestershire BKA is based in the city, and the surrounding landscape — the apple and plum orchards of the Kempsey and Powick fringe, the Severn and Teme watermeadow willows, the lime trees of the Cathedral Close and College Green, and the old walled gardens of the city centre — gives local bees a classic Midlands orchard season.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the lime trees and old walled gardens of the Cathedral Close and College Green conservation areas, along the Severn and Teme riverside willows and watermeadow margins at St John's and Diglis, in the apple and plum orchards of the Kempsey and Powick lanes, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older city-centre and Victorian properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
WR1 1AA· approx. 1 km
Visit websiteWR6 6JT· approx. 13 km
Visit websiteWR11 4UG· approx. 18 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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