Balerno Honey

Balerno Honey Our bees produce honey from the woods, meadows and heather moors near Balerno and the Pentlands.

25/04/2026

Superfans!
This colony was running out of space, so I transferred into a large hive. Bees work as a team so when this happens they stick their bums in the air and fan nanosov glands to create a scent trail. This helps any workers puzzled by the sudden change in hive appearance to find their way back home.

21/03/2026

Sun is out, time to gather pollen! Catkins, dandelions, crocuses all produce different colours - you can tell where the foragers have been by looking at the ‘pollen baskets’ on their legs.

This will be chewed up and turned into ‘bee bread’ by the nurse bees - concentrated protein superfood to feed the newly emerging bees as the days warm up and queens accelerate their laying, to build up the workforce in time for the main spring nectar flow in May.

This hive still had its winter entrance guard on which had caused lots of pollen loads to fall off on the way into the hive - the bright orange and yellow bits on the right.

After a pretty grim January it was wonderful evening last week talking to the Balerno Scottish Women's Institutes group ...
10/02/2026

After a pretty grim January it was wonderful evening last week talking to the Balerno Scottish Women's Institutes group about bees - and what really goes into a jar of local honey.

Fantastic audience - great questions about everything from how bees communicate, and the unique qualities of Scottish heather honey.

They very kindly gifted me a book on Balerno's history too - a lovely touch from a group that clearly cares about their community.

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Edinburgh
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