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Dunbar is a historic fishing port and market town at the eastern end of East Lothian, birthplace of John Muir, and gateway to John Muir Country Park at Belhaven Bay. The harbour is flanked by the ruins of Dunbar Castle and the red sandstone of the old town, while the dunes and salt marshes at Belhaven carry sea rocket, sea purslane and the first wild thyme of the coast. Oilseed rape is grown extensively on the arable ground inland from the A1 and along the Broxburn valley west of town, giving apiaries a strong April–May flow. White clover is abundant on the coastal links and improved grasslands of the John Muir Country Park, and the dune slacks at Winterfield carry bird's-foot trefoil and viper's bugloss through midsummer. The Lammermuir Hills are accessible from the A1 corridor to the south.

Oilseed rape is the defining East Lothian flow: the arable fields between Haddington, Tranent and East Linton carry a mass April–May bloom that fills supers quickly and requires fast extraction to prevent granulation. White clover follows on the improved grasslands and verges through June and July, sustained by the mild maritime influence from the Forth. Sycamore and hawthorn bridge the gap between OSR and clover on the field margins and hedgerows of the River Tyne valley floor. Sea buckthorn on the dune links at Gullane, Yellowcraig and Longniddry Bents provides a distinctive late-summer nectar supplement. The Lammermuir Hills above Gifford and Longformacus carry heather from mid-July into September, and apiaries on the upland edge can work both the arable spring flow and a heather crop in the same season.