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product_id: 586341406
title: "Stonemaier Games: Apiary - Base Game, Strategy Board Games, Hive-Building Game, Hyper Intelligent Bees in Space, Ages 14+, 1-5 Players, 60-90 Min"
brand: "stonemaier games"
price: "1302 kr"
currency: DKK
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
category: "Stonemaier Games"
url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/586341406-stonemaier-games-apiary-base-game-strategy-board-games-hive-building
store_origin: DK
region: Denmark
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# 60-90 min immersive gameplay 20 unique factions 15 planet tiles for endless variety Stonemaier Games: Apiary - Base Game, Strategy Board Games, Hive-Building Game, Hyper Intelligent Bees in Space, Ages 14+, 1-5 Players, 60-90 Min

**Brand:** stonemaier games
**Price:** 1302 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐝 Build your hive, conquer the stars, and never miss the buzz!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Stonemaier Games: Apiary - Base Game, Strategy Board Games, Hive-Building Game, Hyper Intelligent Bees in Space, Ages 14+, 1-5 Players, 60-90 Min by stonemaier games
- **How much does it cost?** 1302 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/586341406-stonemaier-games-apiary-base-game-strategy-board-games-hive-building)

## Best For

- stonemaier games enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted stonemaier games brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Solo or Social Strategy:** Engage with a smart Automa opponent or enjoy peaceful, interactive multiplayer sessions for 1-5 players.
- • **Choose from 20 Distinct Factions:** Each faction offers unique abilities and bonuses, ensuring no two games feel the same.
- • **Stunning Art Meets Deep Strategy:** Featuring gorgeous space bees and universe illustrations by Kwanchai Moriya, blending beauty with brainpower.
- • **Master the Hive-Building Challenge:** Strategically expand your hive to dominate the cosmos and rack up victory points.
- • **Explore and Pollinate Alien Planets:** Navigate 15 different planet tiles and 45 seed cards for a fresh, dynamic experience every time.

## Overview

Apiary by Stonemaier Games is a visually stunning, strategy-driven board game where 1-5 players control one of 20 unique bee factions. Over 60-90 minutes, players build hives, explore 15 planet tiles, and use worker placement mechanics to outsmart opponents or a solo Automa. Designed for ages 14+, it combines deep replayability with elegant gameplay and immersive sci-fi bee lore.

## Description

"STONEMAIER GAMES: APIARY - BASE GAME - In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown, but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species. Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly advanced society. They call themselves Mellifera, and they have made substantial technological advances in addition to the technology they adapted from human ruins, up to and including space travel. In Apiary, each player controls 1 of 20 unique factions. Your faction starts the game with a hive, a few resources, and worker bees. A worker-placement, hivebuilding challenge awaits you: explore planets, gather resources, develop technologies, and create carvings to demonstrate your faction’s strengths (measured in victory points) over one year’s Flow. However, the Dearth quickly approaches, and your workers can only take a few actions–with benefits increasing relative to worker strength, culminating in powerful strength-4 bonuses–before they must hibernate! If you enjoy Teotihuacan, Honey Buzz, Tzolk’in, and/or Euphoria, we’re excited for you to play Apiary! Ages 14+, 60-90 min play time, 1-5 Players"

Review: packed well and came on time
Review: I have about 30 modern board games in my collection and I’ve played many more. Apiary is easily joint top of the played list. An elegant design with beautiful playing pieces and easy to access rules plus a superb reference index.

## Features

- Hive Building: Apiary involves hive-building challenges where players develop and expand their hives over the course of the game. Hive construction is essential for accumulating victory points and achieving success.
- Unique Factions: Apiary features 20 distinct factions to provide starting bonuses and upgraded bonuses, each with its own set of abilities, resources, and characteristics, increasing replayability and making each game different.
- Beautifully Designed and Illustrated: Designed by Connie Vogelmann (Wyrmspan). Gorgeous space bees and universe illustrated by Kwanchai Moriya (Dinosaur Island).
- Solo Play: Features an Automa to play against in a single player game for a fun solitaire experience. The Automa simulates an opponent for you to compete against, while your game as a player remains the same. On the Automa’s turn, flip a card to see what action it takes.
- Full of Positive Player Interactions: Take actions that benefit you but also benefit other players in the game, leading to peaceful and interesting gameplay for game night.
- High Replayability: There are an array of different starting factions, 45 different seed cards, 15 different planet tiles, and many different combinations of bee dances, all of which create a very replayable game with a lot of variety each playthrough.
- Thematically Designed Mechanisms: Aging bees become more powerful, but when they age past level 4, they go into hibernation. Pollinate planets with your queen ship while exploring.
- For families, solo gamers, and game groups alike: This tile placement and worker placement game for 1-5 players has a 60-90 minute playing time with only a 6 minute setup time. Great game for couples, solo gamers, 2 players, family, and friends.
- Excellent Gift: Great gift for families, teenagers, students, couples, and anyone who loves bees, sci-fi, and nature.
- Published by Stonemaier: Stonemaier is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier's brands include Viticulture, Euphoria, Between Two Cities, Scythe, Charterstone, My Little Scythe, Between Two Castles, Wingspan, Tapestry, Pendulum, Red Rising, Rolling Realms Collection, Libertalia, Smitten, Expeditions, Apiary, Wyrmspan, Stamp Swap, Finspan, Tokaido, Vantage, and Origin Story.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0CKFG6FXD |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Included? | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #164,046 in Toys ( See Top 100 in Toys ) #6,282 in Board Games |
| Color | Multicolor |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (72) |
| Date First Available | 18 October 2023 |
| Educational Objective(s) | Develop strategic thinking and planning skills |
| Item model number | STM750 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 14 years and up |
| Material Type(s) | Cardboard Cardstock Plastic Wood |
| Number of Game Players | 5 |
| Product Dimensions | 30 x 30 x 7.49 cm; 2.66 kg |
| tech_spec_battery_description_toys | No batteries required |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Stonemaier Games
- **Genre:** Strategy
- **Material:** Cardboard Cardstock Plastic Wood
- **Number of players:** 5
- **Theme:** Space with Smart Bees

## Images

![Stonemaier Games: Apiary - Base Game, Strategy Board Games, Hive-Building Game, Hyper Intelligent Bees in Space, Ages 14+, 1-5 Players, 60-90 Min - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61SnGrmiNeL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***1 on 24 December 2024*

packed well and came on time

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by L***N on 29 January 2025*

I have about 30 modern board games in my collection and I’ve played many more. Apiary is easily joint top of the played list. An elegant design with beautiful playing pieces and easy to access rules plus a superb reference index.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***H on 7 November 2024*

For a beginner gamer this us difficultly level 7 of 10. For gaming pro, difficulty level 4 out of 10 You have 4 bees, rectangle bodies with numbers on each side. You start as junior bees #1, helping to build a colony, you go and hunt for pollen and fiber, travel in space, do dances... as you level up the bees to #4 you have access to more impressive stuff. The bees get tired, need rest and either go back to junior bees #1, or other options. So building the bees experience, building the colony size, and gathering resources. Length of game once familiar 1hr to 1.5hrs Rule book very good, easier than it looks Good quality and pretty layout Great value for money Good chunky pieces, cardboard tiles, playboards I think it's fun to play but I have about 80 boardgames. Need good gaming table for size. You have main board, each player has a board and the player boards grow but not much. Then each play also has a small bee tracking board for their leveling up and hibernation.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Stonemaier Games: Apiary (Base Game) by Connie Vogelmann | A Strategy Board Game About Hyper Intelligent Bees in Space | Build Your Hive, Explore Outer Space, Grow Your Colony | 1-5 Players, 90 Mins
- Stonemaier Games: Apiary: Expanding The Hive Expansion | New Unique Frames, Additional Tiles, and More! | Add to Apiary - A Strategy Board Game About Bees in Space | 1-5 Players, 90 Mins, Ages 14+
- Stonemaier Games: Wyrmspan - A Wingspan Game by Connie Vogelmann | Build a Cavernous Sanctuary for Beautiful Dragons | Strategy Board Game for Adults and Family | 1-5 Players, 90-120 Min, Ages 14+

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*Last updated: 2026-02-22*