Chesterhall honey

02/10/2026

Tomorrow we will be at the Cockenzie House & Gardens food market where we will have some new honeys available to try and buy.
Hope to see you there 🍯

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26/09/2026

Tomorrow we will be at Rosemains Steading for their autumn market.

Pop along and try some of our local, raw honey 🍯

One week to go until our Autumn market and here is the full line up! I think you’ll agree we have got a fantastic selection of businesses joining us this time and we hope you can too.

Currently the weather forecast is looking pretty perfect for a day out with us ☀️

Parking and entry are both free, and dogs on leads are very welcome too 🐶🐾

📆Sunday 27th September
⏰10-3pm
📍Rosemains Steading, Pathhead, EH375UQ

Full line up of stallholders-

Common Coffee
Artisan jam maker East Lothian
Seilich
Company Bakery
Hand poured natural wax scented candles
Ella Fletcher Ceramics
Eve Sladdin
Chesterhall Honey
Rola Mòr
Sophie Bancroft
JG Macaron
Bramblewood Farm
Fidra Studio
Rosie Louise Cut Flowers | Scottish Flower Farm
Ellie X Tyninghame
Pathhead Pottery
Lyndsay Fergus
The Wee Cake Lady
Sanctuary Plants
Yummy Fermented Foods
Ana Herranz Jewellery
George Perry Pots
Lady and the Lamp
Collingwood-Norris | Scottish Knitwear + Visible Mending
The Marshmallow Lady
daysat32
Upcycledwaders
TomLyne
The Tuskers | Sri Lankan Street Food
Wood Oven Wonders

Can’t wait to see you there!

13/09/2026

And just like that, the heather honey season has ended. Tonight I brought the last of our hives down from the moor to their overwintering apiary.

The first batch of 2026 heather honey has been jarred and is now available, so it is super fresh, it was still in the hive a few days ago 😋 🍯

25/08/2026

Found this little common lizard scuttling about at the side of one of my hives up on the moor, I've only ever seen these up in the Highlands before. That's a lizard and an adder in the last couple of weeks, I wonder what will be next?

24/08/2026

Yesterday afternoon I safely removed a colony of bees from a compost bin for the home owner.
Although its only a small colony, the comb contained brood and eggs and a viable queen and im hopeful that with a bit of feeding to boost its stores, it will be in a good position to overwinter. They are now in a hive in my garden so I can keep an eye on them over the coming days.

22/08/2026

Bees are very busy just now up on the moor working the heather.

05/08/2026

This afternoon, I visited in the Netherlands, where the owner Aad, kindly showed me round his hives and explained his setup, the bees were so calm, no protective equipment or smoker were required. As well as bee keeping equipment, they sell many different varieties of honey (which you can taste and buy). Well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.

31/07/2026

Last night I took our hives up on their annual trip to the moors for the heather honey. The heather honey takes a lot of work to get but its well worth it.
This picture may look like it was taken at sunrise, but it was actually around midnight with a full moon!

19/07/2026

The ling heather is beginning to flower on the moors, and the hives will need moved up within the next couple of weeks, so the bees can gather the heather nectar.

Lovely way to spend time in this good weather preparing the ground for the hives to sit on.

Saw a young adder sunning itself, but it was too quick for a photo 🐍

23/06/2026

The brambles are staring to flower, and the bees are busy filling the combs with delicious summer honey 🐝🍯😋