I see it had bees in it, but they don't do anything.
Best Answer
The Apiary provides you with Bees, Hive Husks, and Honeycombs, all rare-ish alchemy ingredients that can be a pain to acquire in other ways.
Hive Husks in particular, due to a bug, are unavailable for purchase in the base game, unless you also install the Unofficial Skyrim Patch, which fixes the lists and allows them to randomly appear in the inventory sold by alchemy vendors.
The jarl of Dawnstar and the stewards of Folkreath and Morthal all have plots of land for sale. You can only purchase Morthal land if you are a thane of that hold. You can buy all 3 plots and build 3 new houses.
It is a bug. Luckily, it is a bug with 0 consequences - the letter is only to inform you of the land being available, you can still go to the jarl/steward and talk to them about the land without getting the letter. Land is available in Falkreath, Morthal and Dawnstar.
Best Answer
The Apiary provides you with Bees, Hive Husks, and Honeycombs, all rare-ish alchemy ingredients that can be a pain to acquire in other ways.
Hive Husks in particular, due to a bug, are unavailable for purchase in the base game, unless you also install the Unofficial Skyrim Patch, which fixes the lists and allows them to randomly appear in the inventory sold by alchemy vendors.