The only listing here is the West Linton and District Beekeepers' Association. Four West Linton beekeepers formed it in 1950, but bees were kept in the village long before: there are bee boles in St Andrew's churchyard, and hives once stood on the Upper Green. Its members keep bees across the surrounding countryside of the Borders, Midlothian, Lanarkshire and Peeblesshire.
The association sells small, numbered lots of honey from its own apiary, set up with Sustainable West Linton and District. The bees forage in the hills around Carlops. Harvests have ranged from a multi-floral honey of ling and bell heather, willowherb and bramble, with garden and hedgerow flowers, to a pressed heather honey. The association is also raising native black honey bee queens with the Borders Bee Breeding Project.
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The directory does not track live stock or harvest dates. Availability, collection, delivery, prices and seasonal varieties can change, so ask the producer to confirm what is currently available.
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