Expert bee keepers Charlie Morgan and award winning Bryce and Elizabeth Reynard move their hives of bees to the moors of Rothiemurchus in the Spring to try and catch any blossom that the bees can turn into blossom honey but it is the honey made from the heather nectar that is really special.

Bell Heather (Erica Cinerea) flowers in July a month before Ling Heather (Calluna Vulgaris), the traditional bonny purple heather that covers the hills in August Although there is only a tiny amount of Bell honey it helps give heather honey the distinctive darker colour that is high in healthy anti-oxidants.

Heather honey has a distinctive aroma and full, rich taste of the Highland hills. We enjoy it with a little lemon, whisky and hot water which if it won’t cure a cold will make you feel better!; or on toast in front of the fire when we can dream of the long summer days asleep in the heather, listening to busy bees covered in heather pollen buzzing purposefully.