Apiary: Expanding the Hive adds to the variety of the core game with components all designed to fit inside the original insert:

• 1 rulebook (with full appendix)
• 7 new hive mats
• 15 new seed cards
• 1 new faction
• 4 new recruits
• 3 new carvings
• 5 new developments
• 4 new farms
• 3 new dance tiles
• 6 new dance tokens
• 4 new explore tokens

The expansion also replaces the original frame mats with new variable frames, along with some revised versions of a few tiles and complete appendix encompassing the core game and the expansion.