The person who receives it will follow a personalised hive on video for a whole year: blossoms, pollen, the work of the bees and honey from Finca Lady Marso when the season brings it.
The hive carries the name you choose —the recipient's or whatever you like— and from there, for a whole year, we tell its story: waking with the first blossoms, the pollen coming in, a colony growing strong, a swarm, an illness or a bad year, and how they pull through. We document what matters, good or not, as it really happens on the farm. Some months bring a lot; others, in midwinter, are quieter. And the videos don't speak to just anyone: they speak to whoever receives the gift, by name.
Choose a young or adult hive, give it a name and tell us who it's for and the occasion. You receive a welcome box at home to hand over whenever you like.
It all starts with a welcome video that greets them by name and introduces their hive. Each time there's a new video we notify them by email with the link, and they can watch and rewatch anytime on YouTube. Now and then we run live streams from the apiary, when the field's signal allows.
When there's a harvest, the farm's honey arrives home. And the experience continues until the year's cycle closes.
A hive with the name you choose, told over a whole year.
Greets them by name and introduces their hive.
With the link; always available to rewatch on YouTube.
When the field's signal allows.
To hand the gift over in person, with the hive's name.
When there's a harvest: 1 to 3 kg (young) or 2 to 4 kg (adult).
Bees have their own rhythm, and whoever receives the gift follows it just as it is. In the active season, from February to November, more videos arrive; in winter, when the hive rests, the odd one now and then. In February, with the almond blossom, it all starts again. All in a YouTube playlist to watch anytime.
Honey is part of the farm's cycle, not its end. Some seasons bring early honey —like spring rosemary—; other blossoms come later. When honey is available, we send it home to whoever receives the gift, and even if it arrives early, the experience continues all year. Honey depends on the blossom, the weather and the farm, and we never push the bees to reach a figure.
We aim for it to be from your hive. If not enough can be extracted from it, it's blended with that of the apiary's hives —same area and quality—. And only by force majeure, if there were no honey from the farm, it would come from other local producers, clearly identified.
Both are the same one-year experience; what changes is the starting point. Spots are limited: only the hives we have.
To follow a hive from its very first steps.
What is it? →To follow a hive that's already strong and active through the season.
What is it? →With your experience, you buy more farm honey at a 30% discount, when available.
Not for gifting? You can also live it yourself.
You don't receive a physical hive. You receive the following, for a year, of a personalised hive with the name you choose: you follow it on video through its cycle and receive farm honey when there's a harvest. The hive is and remains Finca Lady Marso's, and is part of its apiary.
A nucleus (young hive) is the start of a hive: a small box with a few frames, its bees and a queen, that grows into a full hive —ideal for following the story from the beginning. An adult hive is a colony already formed and settled, working at full strength from day one. In both cases what you follow over the year is the same kind of experience.
Because you're not buying honey, but the experience of following a hive for a year. A hive can give many kilos over the season, but most of it stays with the bees and the apiary: it's what keeps them strong and healthy. The honey you receive is a detail within the experience, not its purpose. Anyone who only wants honey will be able to buy it from the farm separately.
Yes. The welcome video greets them by name and introduces their hive, and at the year's key moments —like the harvest or the close of the season— we address them again. The rest of the follow-up shows their hive and the work in the apiary.
Each time we publish a new video we notify you by email with the link. They all stay in a YouTube playlist, so they can be rewatched anytime. Besides the videos of your hive and the apiary, there are videos about the life of a hive (the queen, the drone, drawn comb…) to understand it all better. And now and then we run live streams showing the apiary and the work, whenever the field's signal allows.
When there's a harvest. Honey arrives with the season, so anything gifted outside spring delivers its first honey the following year. In the meantime, the experience is already under way with the hive's documentary.
We aim for it to be. If not enough can be extracted from your hive, it's blended with that of the apiary's hives, of the same area and quality. Only by force majeure, if there were no farm honey, would it come from other local producers, clearly identified.
A hive is a living being and may fall ill, weaken or be lost; when that happens, we tell it honestly, as part of the natural cycle. If the colony is lost, the experience doesn't end: we replace the nucleus —the same year if the season allows, or the following year, since hives can't be split or nuclei obtained at every time of year— and the documentary continues with the new colony under the same name.
You receive a welcome box at home with the certificate and a small detail, to hand over in person. The welcome video, which greets them by name, comes as a link inside the box, so as not to spoil the surprise. Afterwards, the recipient tells us their address by WhatsApp or email so we can send the honey when it arrives.
Of course. Although it's designed as a gift, you can take it for yourself and follow your own hive all year.
The experience is followed remotely, on video, and for safety we don't run guided visits to the apiary. Later on, when everything is ready, we'll host workshops at the farm. For now you can arrange to meet us to pick up the honey and see the surroundings —with the Segre river crossing the farm— though not as a guided experience.
We'll contact you to confirm details and payment. You can gift at any time of year. The recipient will give us their address by WhatsApp or email so we can send the honey when the season brings it.
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