Once in a lifetime you stumble upon magic, an experience like no other. A moment in time where a flower flourished and a bee worked her entire life to create a flavor so rare, that it can never be replicated the same way ever again.  
 
Honey is rare and fragile; a bee produces only 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her entire lifetime. Every drop of honey has its own unique sensory characteristics determined by its terroir - the botanical source, soil, climate and terrain. There are thousands of flowers that bees collect nectar to make honey from and no 2 will ever look, smell or taste the same, ever. C. Marina Marchese is a beekeeper, author and the first US citizen to be accepted as a member of the Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey. In 2013, with the guidance of the Italian Register she founded the American Honey Tasting Society to bring the program to the U.S. Today, Marchese is an official instructor for the Italian Register.In 2024, she was recognized with a WISE WOMAN award for her contributions to the Italian American community by The National Organization of Italian American Women. She is the founder of the brand Red Bee Honey.  A graduate of The School of Visual Arts in NYC, her other passion is botanical watercolors and printmaking.

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Marchese has appeared on numerous TV shows - Dr. Oz, ABC's The Chew,  ViceTV - The Untitled Action Bronson Show, On the Road with Edible Nutmeg. Marina recently appeared with Emmy award winner Richard Wiese on PBS Weekends with Yankee. This October, Marina will appear a episode about honey on the Discovery Channel's Moonshiners. James Beard award winning author Rowan Jacobsen dubbed Marina the “Red Queen” in his book, American Terroir, owing to her obsession with varietal honey.