Working Hard For Every Jar of Honey, Scottish Highlands Beekeeping

In these sometimes harsh conditions in the Scottish Highlands, I’m working hard for every jar of honey. Early summer brought a strong nectar flow and a generous wildflower honey crop. Now I am prepping the apiary for the heather honey harvest. Real beekeeping, real weather windows, no guarantees. In this vlog I walk through the work involved, building frames, choosing the best foundation, super prep, and how I get ready for ling heather on the Highland hills around my apiaries. Heather honey is thixotropic and needs different handling, so I show the plan for pressing and extraction, how I manage supers and brood boxes, and what I watch for before the heather flow begins. What you will see• Scottish Highlands beekeeping in challenging weather.• Early summer honey harvest recap and lessons.• Heather honey prep, timing the weather window.• Supering strategy, nectar flow signs, forage checks. Why it matters?Getting heather honey right takes planning, patience, and respect for the bees. The reward when the weather plays nice can be gold, but up here every jar is earned.

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