Local Honey in Aberdeenshire

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Aberdeenshire honey runs from light spring blossom and oilseed rape honeys to strong ling heather honey from the hills. Royal Deeside Honey & Bees, with about 80 colonies in apiaries between Glen Dye and Birkhall, keeps native Scottish black bees or locally bred stock and sells everything from mild oilseed rape honey to traditional ling heather; Udny Provender makes a light early-summer blossom honey and a darker late-summer heather honey from apiaries across northern Aberdeenshire. Cove Honey Bees' colonies also pollinate cherry orchards, blueberries and soft fruit for Castleton Farm.

Local beekeepers rate their own honey highly. At an Aberdeen and District Beekeepers' Association tasting of 36 honeys from around the world, some tasted blind, the top four were an Aberdeenshire heather blend, two Aberdeenshire blossom honeys and the association's own ling heather honey. The association also holds an annual honey show.

Most producers here are small and sell direct, online or through local shops; Heavenly Haven Honey in Stonehaven even labels its jars by the apiary they came from.

Explore Aberdeenshire by town

• Local honey in Gourdon
• Local honey in Hatton of Fintray
• Local honey in Johnshaven
• Local honey in Longside
• Local honey in New Aberdour
• Local honey in Oldmeldrum
• Local honey in Royal Deeside
• Local honey in Stonehaven
• Local honey in Udny

Buying local honey in Aberdeenshire

Use the listing details to choose how to buy, then contact the seller before travelling.

• 10 active directory listings currently appear for Aberdeenshire.
• 4 listings are marked as raw honey.
• 3 listings report an outlet.
• Opening information is supplied on 1 listing.
• 4 listings have a verified webshop link.
• 5 listings also note other beekeeping products.

The directory does not track live stock or harvest dates. Availability, collection, delivery, prices and seasonal varieties can change, so ask the seller to confirm what is currently available.

Honey producers and beekeepers

• Aberdeenshire Bee Company

  Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire

  Aberdeenshire-based beekeeper producing raw honey, sharing extraction day highlights.

• Brawliemuir Farm

  Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire

  Small-batch heather, oilseed rape and multifloral honey from a family smallholding at Johnshaven, pressed from the comb and coarsely filtered.

• Cove Honey Bees Limited

  Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire

  Family-run bee farm with over 100 colonies across the North East, selling raw honey, honey jams, bakes and fudge.

• Heavenly Haven Honey

  Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

  Heavenly Haven Honey produces Scottish honey from apiaries near Stonehaven.

• Honeyhill Bee Farm

  Gourdon, Aberdeenshire

  Honey from a small bee farm at Gourdon on the Mearns coast, south of Inverbervie.

• Longside Apiaries

  Longside, Aberdeenshire

  Small-scale honey producer based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, run by Erling Watt.

• Oldmeldrum Honey

  Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire

  Honey producer based in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, selling locally produced honey.

• Pluckrieve Honey

  New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire

  Aberdeenshire-based honey producer selling locally produced Scottish honey.

• Royal Deeside Honey & Bees

  Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire

  Sarah Leahy's family business, with around 80 colonies of native and locally bred bees between Glen Dye and Birkhall, selling honey and beeswax candles.

• Udny Provender

  Udny, Aberdeenshire

  Small Aberdeenshire producer of local honey, flavoured vinegars and craft shrubs from a northern smallholding.

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