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Urban Apis - at Stone House Apiary

Bee crafted, all natural hive products made in the Hudson Valley. We love honey bees! Our story:

We are a husband (Jake) and wife (Tara) beekeeper team.

While out on a run in late 2013 we noticed a neighbor had a bee crossing sign on a tree in his yard. Lucky for us the neighbor was outside and we stopped to chat. He pointed us to a local bee supply shop. We soon stopped into the shop and talked to the owners, and we were instantly hooked! We bought our first hive, tools, and protective gear that day, as well as ordered our first package of bees.

We soon began tossing around ideas for a company name and logo. We decided on Urban Apis and formed our company at the end of 2013. So why the name Urban Apis? Well Urban means city and we started in the City of Kingston, NY. And Apis means bees, it’s the genus part of their scientific name. And since Tara has a background in biology, we knew we had to go with it. So essentially our name means city bees. Perfectly fitting, right. Then before our first package of bees even arrived we decided why not start with two hives instead of one. So back to the bee supply shop we went. Then in the spring of 2014 our bees finally arrived. We were as excited as kids on Christmas morning! Our first day was quite an adventure, Tara got stung and one of our queens was dead on arrival! Yes, dead!! The bee supply shop was awesome and provided us with another queen. That was just the beginning of our adventures in beekeeping! Shortly after we had a swarm of bees on the ground in front of the hives. Both of the hives were empty and we found a dead queen in one of the hives. Meanwhile, a live queen was in the puddle of bees on the ground. Jake found her and put her back in one of the hives. Within seconds all the other bees took to the air and started going back in the hive. What an amazing sight! But now one of our hives was completely empty! What to do?! Well once again the bee supply shop to the rescue! They provided us with yet another queen, and more bees (for a small fee). The rest of 2014 went relatively smooth, with the exception of Tara getting stung on the butt and a bee flying in her ear! Boy was that loud! In the fall of 2014 we made our first lip balm and began extracting honey in 2015. We also started a third hive in 2015. In 2022 we bought a beautiful stone house in Hurley, NY. We will be keeping the name Urban Apis although we will be located in Hurley, NY. So the Urban Apis bee yard will now be located at the Stone House Apiary ~ just bee-yond the city. Stay tuned and follow our page as our adventures continue!

08/11/2024

If you're a fan of dark honey, we have two 2 lbs jars available at UrbanApis.com
If you prefer light honey, we have you covered too!

03/11/2024

Looks like we're going into winter with only two hives.😞
One hive absconded at the end of summer and another one now appears to be a dead out.

21/09/2024

We're here at Hurley Heritage Day!! Come see us!

20/09/2024

Come see us tomorrow at Hurley Heritage Day! The weather is going to be 'bee'autiful!

20/09/2024

Two days until Hurley Heritage Day! 'Bee' sure to stop by and see us!

https://facebook.com/events/s/hurley-heritage-day/487371217479021/

06/09/2024

Come see us! We'll have a booth there.

https://facebook.com/events/s/hurley-heritage-day/487371217479021/

05/08/2024

Sept 21 we'll 'bee' at Hurley Heritage Day selling honey, lip balm, hand salve, body butter, beeswax candles, and hand crafted soap! Some of our bees will 'bee' there too....in an observation hive! Come see us! 🐝🍯🕯🧼🧴💋

24/07/2024

Extracted and bottled 38.5 lbs of honey today, bring the yearly total to 75 lbs. You can see the color difference between earlier in the season and now. 🐝🍯

12/07/2024

We'll 'bee' there selling honey, lip balm, hand salve, body butter, beeswax candles, and hand crafted soap! Some of our bees will 'bee' there too....in an observation hive! Come see us Sept 21st! 🐝🍯🕯🧼🧴💋

Less than 3 months to go ‘till
Hurley Heritage Day on September 21st, 2024!

We’re still working out all the details for the second event of our Hurley Heritage Society 50th Anniversary Celebration, but we already have an incredible day planned. We will have food, music, craft, art and antique vendors, and informational tables from groups like the Ulster County SPCA. Some of the vendors participating are Peg’s Pebble Art, Cindy Gill Lapp, Adam Geuss, NeoPrimitivo, Urban Apis, Hurley Design Co.,
and Emily’s Cookie Co.

The Creepy Uncles will be playing their unique blend of 20th Century Rock, and Jay Ungar and Molly Mason will cap off the day! There will be a Native American Equinox Ceremony performed by Reverend Nick Miles. At this writing we have 2 old stone houses that will be open to the public and there will be several walking tours of Main Street offered during the day.

The Hurley Heritage Society will be serving up burgers and dogs, and there will also be food trucks from Mad Flava and Vinnie’s Fine Foods. Children’s activities are being coordinated by the Hurley Library and Hurley Nursery School.

Our last Hurley Heritage Day was a huge success that was enjoyed by all who attended, and this year’s event promises to offer even more. Be sure to visit our website at www.hurleyheritagesociety.org and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HurleyHeritageSociety to stay up to date on
Hurley Heritage Day!

Hurley Heritage Day is September 21st at The HHS Museum (rain date September 22nd)!

Interested in exhibiting and selling at HHD? We are looking for artists, antiques, crafts, jewelry, food, clothing and others to be a part of the fun at Hurley Heritage Day - if interested, contact us at: [email protected]

04/07/2024

Happy 4th of July!!! 🇺🇸

In about three weeks we'll have our handcrafted cold process lavender and honey soap available on our website. The bars are currently curing.

28/06/2024

Who can guess what I made today??

18/06/2024

Honey, lip balm, hand salve, body butter, bath bombs, and candles available on our website

We are a small family run apiary in the Hudson Valley of NY. We offer bee crafted, all natural hive products, including raw honey!

16/06/2024

Nine more frames off honey pulled. Time to get extracting and bottling! More honey will 'bee' for sale on Urbanapis.com soon!

15/06/2024

New batch of lavender, milk, and honey bath bombs with honey right from our hives! 🐝🍯

15/06/2024

Hive goodies available for purchase on our website!
Can be shipped within the US or picked up from us at the Stone House Apiary.

07/06/2024

'Bee'-autiful comb I pulled from the hives today. This is what happens when you wait a week to put the drone frames back in after pulling them. The bees fill in the empty space.

31/05/2024

Checking the hives to see if we can pull honey. Were we able to? Watch and find out. 🐝🍯

14/05/2024

New bee welcome signs for our property. 🐝🤗

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