Isle of Anglesey · Swarm collection

Bee swarm in Rhosneigr? Help is a minute away.

Rhosneigr is a small coastal village on Anglesey's south-west shore, popular with windsurfers and surfers who use the exposed sandy beaches at Traeth Crigyll and the Rhosneigr dunes. The village sits on a dune-backed coastal plain between two dune systems; the dune slack grassland supports wild thyme, kidney vetch and bird's-foot trefoil in a distinctive coastal limestone flora that provides a rich July supplement for local colonies. The plateau inland carries oilseed rape and hawthorn-hedge dairy pasture towards Aberffraw and Llangefni; gorse is abundant on the coastal heath south of the village near Barclodiad y Gawres — an ancient chambered cairn on the clifftop. The Anglesey BKA covers this western corner.

Postcodes we cover
LL64
Where swarms appear in Rhosneigr

Typical swarm locations

Collectors cover swarms in the bungalow and cottage gardens of the village centre and surrounding lanes, on the dune slack scrub and coastal heathland at Traeth Crigyll, in the farm buildings along the Aberffraw and Gwalchmai roads, and on the gorse-covered clifftop heathland south towards Aberffraw.

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Beekeeping associations near Rhosneigr

Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.

  • Anglesey Beekeepers

    LL77 7NX· approx. 15 km

  • Lleyn ac Eifionydd Beekeepers

    LL53 6BJ· approx. 37 km

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  • Conwy Beekeepers

    LL32 8UH· approx. 44 km

Association data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.

Forage in Isle of Anglesey

Oilseed rape on the Anglesey plateau — grown widely between Llangefni, Gwalchmai and Llanerchymedd — gives a generous early May crop. Hawthorn on deep double-hedges follows through the agricultural lanes; white clover persists on the dairy pastures through summer. Gorse dominates the west-coast clifftops and coastal heath of Holy Island and the Lligwy headland from March onward; heather and bilberry add a late-August supplement on Mynydd Llwydiarth and the higher Mynydd Parys plateau. Coastal dune slacks at Newborough Warren and Aberffraw carry wild thyme, kidney vetch and bird's-foot trefoil — distinctive forage found in few other Welsh regions. Sea lavender on the Malltraeth Estuary and Cefni margins adds seasoning; bramble is universal on scrub, hedgerow and forest edge; ivy on old stone farmhouses and coastal cottages closes the year.

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