Heather Honey

‘There is no scent more alluring than thousands of honeybees foraging on the vast expanse of purple flowering heather moorland. You can smell the nectar, the pollen, the sun on the warm wooden hives, and the bees themselves, communicating with one another in a complex subtle pheromone language which I have learned to recognise over the past 25 years of beekeeping. The hum and drone of gathering, foraging and honey preparation when the weather is warm is both soothing and inspiring. A song for the beekeeper, because the bees themselves do not hear this; they are deaf.’

Willow Lohr, Expert Master Beekeeper