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Fostering · A colony of bees

Foster a Hive

A named hive on this farm, for a season. You get the photographs, the inspection notes, and two jars of Bee Juice from your own hive when it is extracted.

£95.00per season

Dispatched in 2–5 working days. Free UK delivery over £40.

Demonstration basket — no payment is taken.

One season
ForOne season
You receiveTwo jars of Bee Juice, and updates
NamedYes, by you
A colony of bees

What fostering includes.

A named hive on this farm, for a season. You get the photographs, the inspection notes, and two jars of Bee Juice from your own hive when it is extracted.

You get updates and photographs through the season, access to the relevant field camera, and the right to name the animal within reason. What you do not get is any ownership interest, any right to take the animal away, or any cash return of any kind.

  • For: One season
  • You receive: Two jars of Bee Juice, and updates
  • Named: Yes, by you
Included

Camera access

The field they are actually in.

Updates

Photographs and notes.

Named

By you, subject to a veto.

Not an investment

No cash return, ever.

What happens

The season, from your side.

You pay once

A fixed price for one season, ring-fenced until the season is done.

You name them

Within reason. We reserve a veto and have used it twice.

The updates start

Photographs, notes from whoever is doing the work, and the relevant camera.

Something happens

Lambing, an extraction, an arrival. This is the part people come back for.

The season ends

You receive what the page says you receive, and nothing renews itself.

Wondering

Fostering a colony of bees, questioned.

No. No ownership interest, no right to take it away, and no cash return of any kind. You are buying a season of updates and access.

What the page above says, plainly and without euphemism. If that answer is not one you want, the hive is the one to foster.

Where the animal is still here, yes, and a fair number of people do.

Also fosterable

The other animals

Meet them properly.

What lives on this farm, and which chapter each of them came from.

Next along the route

All the animals

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