Local Honey Ackergill

Caithness Honey is a small-scale honey producer based in Ackergill, Caithness, run by beekeeper Carol Gunn. The operation has gained significant national recognition in 2024, with Carol being named Britain's finest small-scale honey producer by honey experts from the British Beekeepers Association, with judging also involving Nigella Lawson. Carol then went on to win the E Graham Burtt Silver Cup for the best two sections of Ling Heather at the UK National Honey Show — one of the world's premier honey events, attracting over 2,500 entries from 27 countries — on her very first visit to the show. The Ling Heather Honey that won the award was produced at Braehilloc, Dunbeath. Additional prizes at the same show included third place for two jars of naturally set honey, fourth for a container of cut comb, fifth for two round sections, and fifth for honey chocolates. Carol emphasises that while Caithness does not produce honey in large volumes, the quality of what is produced is exceptionally high and recognised at a national level. The producer also makes honey chocolates, indicating a small range of honey-based products beyond straight honey.