Grandfather of Tomasz Łysoń, the current president of the company. A very important figure in family history–being a role model to his son and then grandson, he gave rise not only to a family apiary but also to a company. He was a lover of bees and an innovative approach to beekeeping at that time, which turned out to be the ideal combination. In the years 1952-1980, he worked as a metal modeller in the Diesel Engine Plant in Andrychów. At the same time, together with his son, he was engaged in gardening activities and a 50-unit apiary at home. He was a locksmith by profession, and the skills acquired for this profession as well as design experience and talent were undoubtedly useful in creating moulds for the production of foamed styrofoam hives. In 1988, together with his son, he founded the Apicol company and started the production of styrofoam beehives for the Apipol Kraków Regional Association of Beekeepers. At that time, styrofoam beehives were just starting to settle on the market. Although the first hive of this type in Poland was built in the 1960s, they were still not produced on a larger scale. They required improvements and propagation among beekeepers. The innovative approach and efforts of Marian Łysoń's successors are most evident in this field.