Scottish sustainable honey company Webster Honey has secured its first shopping centre partnership with Edinburgh’s Cameron Toll centre.
Four colonies of honeybees will be located on the roof of the busy retail centre in the south of the city and, as well helping the local environment, will be used in educational events in the centre and produce ‘Cameron Toll honey’.
Daniel Webster, managing director of Webster Honey said: “We’ve very excited to connect with Cameron Toll and take our unique honeybee hive concept onto the roof of a busy shopping centre for the very first time. Bees fly over huge distances, connecting with plants and flowers, so it needn’t be a rural environment that hosts them – the important thing is to sponsor a hive and increase our bee population as much as possible.
“We have a great range of affordable packages for businesses of all types and sizes to get involved at this time and do just that – there are numerous benefits to enjoy, not least your own supply of honey, and the satisfaction that you are doing your bit for the environment and to #savethebees.
“The bees will love it here in this buzzy centre. Meik, our beekeeper will come in on a regular basis to check on them and keep everyone appraised on how they are doing.”
Claire Jefcoate, centre manager at Cameron Toll said: “Bees play a big part in improving the environment and can start having a positive impact within days. Cameron Toll is at the heart of the community in south Edinburgh and next to a lot of open space, including the neighbouring Inch Park, which we know our bees will love. We’re delighted to be the first shopping centre to work with Webster Honey.
“Our hives are located high up on the roof of the centre so shoppers are very unlikely to see the bees because they’ll be out pollinating and foraging all day but we’re planning to hold events in the centre with Webster Honey where visitors can find out more about bees and why they are so important for the environment. We are also excited to sample our own Cameron Toll honey and to give our shoppers a taste too.”
