Beragh is a village in the rural hinterland of west Tyrone between Omagh and Carrickmore, in a landscape of improved grazing land, hawthorn-hedged drumlin fields and rougher rushy ground. The village has a strong GAA tradition and lies at the centre of a network of small farms. Gorse is common on the rough margins and the hill ridges above the village; white clover and meadow flowers occur in the less-improved pastures. The Strule River valley, to which Beragh is connected through a network of lanes, provides willow and bankside forage a few kilometres distant. The Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers serves beekeepers in this part of west Tyrone.
Collectors cover swarms in the hawthorn and whin on the drumlin hedge banks around the village, in the walled gardens and orchard trees of the residential and farm properties, in the gorse on the rough hillside ground above the village, along the stream corridors and damp meadow margins on the lower-lying farmland, and in the eaves and stone outbuildings of the older farmsteads.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BT26 6NH· approx. 78 km
CA24 3HZ· approx. 233 km
Visit websiteLL77 7NX· approx. 237 km
Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Blackthorn and whitethorn drumlin hedges open the year. Sycamore and hawthorn dominate May. Lime is present in Omagh, Dungannon and Strabane. The Sperrins contribute bell and ling heather in August — a dark, thick crop some Tyrone beekeepers work seriously. Bilberry in the oakwoods adds a June supplement; rosebay willowherb is dense on every disused rail line and stone quarry. Ivy finishes the year on whitewashed cottages.
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