BALLARD, Wash. — A restaurant in Ballard is selling honey made on their rooftop.
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Bastille Café & Bar cares for four beehives atop their café.
Seattle Urban Farm Company helped Bastille install a 4,500-square-foot organic garden on the roof when the restaurant opened back in 2009.
After four years passed, chef Jason Stoneburner installed beehives on the roof with the help of Corky Luster and the Ballard Bee Company.
Chef Stoneburner became caretaker of the bees. [See photos of Bastille's rooftop & bees.]
He has been making honey since 2013, using it in desserts, cocktails and dishes at the restaurant.
Last year, the bees produced enough honey for Bastille to sell some raw.
The 4-ounce jars of raw honey will be sold for $10 each.
The honey is minimally handled.
"To make the honey, the Bastille bees collected pollen from the Bastille rooftop garden and flowers and plants from the surrounding neighborhood," a spokesperson for Bastille wrote. "Many adherents of natural medicine believe that consuming local honey can help reduce seasonal allergies by introducing local allergens slowly into one's immune system."
Local artist Shogo Ota designed the artwork for the honey jars.
Bastille is located at 5307 Ballard Ave NW in Seattle, Washington. Visit their website here.