4 Corners Beekeepers Association

4CBA Club Meeting - Pot Luck and Making beekeeping easier!
2024-08-15 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Do you know how to use a ratchet strap on your hives? How to properly light a smoker? Have you practiced marking your drones so you can mark your queen? What’s the best way to keep your hive tools clean? These and other facets of beekeeping will be discussed, and demonstrated, complete with opportunities to try things out yourself. Don’t miss the fun! Bring a dish to share!

Durango Botanic Garden Tour and Ice Cream Social
2024-07-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Durango Botanic Gardens, 1900 E. 3rd Avenue, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Join us for a guided tour of the gardens followed by an ice cream treat!

4CBA Club Meeting - Pat Donahue on Sustainable Beekeeping
2024-06-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting - Tina Sebestyen on Things Beekeepers Do Wrong
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting - Marla Spivak on Propolis as an integrated approach to pest management
2024-04-18 18:30 - 20:00

4CBA Club Meeting - Tina Sebestyen on Integrated Pest Management
2024-03-21 18:30 - 20:00

Beginning Beekeeping Class
2024-03-08 18:00 - 20:00 | La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Avenue, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
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This year’s Beginning Beekeeping Class will be held on March 8th, 6-8 PM and 9th, 9 AM-2PM at the La Plata County Fairgrounds (and via Zoom). The cost is $60 (free to veterans). Our teacher is Tina Sebestyen. She has been keeping bees since 2007 (that’s 17 full seasons). She was mentored by “old guys” and learned in the school of hard knocks. She founded 4CBA and was its president for 8 years. She also founded the Colorado Master Beekeeper Program and was its program coordinator for 5 years. She is a frequent contributor to Bee Culture magazine and the American Bee Journal, and speaks all over the US. This class is an accredited pre-requisite to the CSBA Master Beekeeper Program. To register, please email Tina at bee.seeking@gmail.com

4CBA Club Meeting - Dr. Dewey Caron
2024-02-15 18:30 - 20:00
Join us as we learn how to read a frame with Dr. Dewey Caron. Learn what to look for, what to take notice of and what one can learn from what you’re seeing in your hive.

4CBA Club Meeting - Kamon Reynolds via Zoom
2024-01-18 18:30 - 20:00
A Zoom link will be sent out to all members prior to the meeting.
Here’s a link to Kamon’s Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@kamonreynolds

4CBA Club Meeting - Zoom with Dr. Jay Evans, Research Entomologist with the USDA Bee Research Laboratory
2023-10-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
We’ll be joining the Northern Colorado Beekeepers Association as they host Dr. Jay Evans. He’ll be in Fort Collins and we’ll Zoom in to join!
In-person meeting with our annual short business meeting and elections!

4CBA Club Meeting - Preparing Your Hives for Winter with Dr. Bodewes
2023-09-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
This will be a hybrid meeting. Zoom link to come later!
I am a veterinarian and have been a beekeeper for 13 years. I currently have twenty-five hives in Durango and Mancos and I have a special interest in treatment plans for varroa mites. I believe proper fall treatment and preparation can greatly reduce winter losses and have averaged a 12% winter loss in the last three years.

4CBA Club Meeting - 2nd Annual Plant Exchange & Potluck
2023-08-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting...July Road Show!
2023-07-01 - 2023-07-31
We’ll have several opportunities to engage with beekeepers in their apiaries over the month. Stay tuned for more details!

4CBA Club Meeting
2023-06-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting - Panel Q & A
2023-05-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Join us for a hive check demo at the club hives at 6 pm at Florida Baptist Church!
My bees are installed…..what next? Join us for a great evening to get all your questions addressed. There is so much to learn! Tina Sebestyan will lead our discussion which will include splitting hives and what you should be seeing in your hives.

Bee Package Pick-up!
2023-04-29 14:30 - 17:00 | Zuberfizz, 284 Sawyer Dr Ste A, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Tentative date and time for bee package pick-up at Zuberfizz warehouse.

Bee Package & Bear Fence Installation Demonstration
2023-04-22 11:00 - 13:00
Learn firsthand how to install your bear fence and your new bees! We’ll be installing a new package of bees into a new hive at this site and installing a solar bear fence from the ground up. This is a very important part of getting started in beekeeping.

4CBA Club Meeting: Zoom with Zac Lamas on Varroa Mites
2023-04-20 18:30 - 20:00
Zac is a postdoctoral researcher focusing on how Varroa feeding behavior drives viral transmission in a honey bee colony. His current work uncovered how varroa are actively feeding and switching from one adult bee to another, and that relatively few mites are responsible for a majority of parasitized bees.
During his Ph.D., he was the recipient of the PAm-Costco award where he studied the vectorial capacity of Varroa destructor. He actively speaks at bee clubs and professional conferences, largely sharing information on beekeeping management. Zac previously worked for Michael Palmer at French Hill Apiaries in Saint Albans, Vermont.
On the side, Zac is the owner and operator of RockStar Queens. He produces quality nucleus colonies and queens in central Maryland.

4CBA Club Meeting: Zoom with Kamon Reynolds - Big Honey in a Short Season
2023-03-16 18:30 - 20:00
KAMON REYNOLDS is the co-founder of one of the largest beekeeping conferences in North America, Hive Life. Kamon runs Tennessee’s Bees LLC and he has been keeping bees in N. Central Tennessee for 20 years.
Kamon keeps 300 hives with his wife Laurel. Kamon and Laurel also have filmed hundreds of educational videos to help new and veteran beekeepers around the world keep their bees successfully. Though Kamon does 99% of the talking, Laurel has been Beekeeping for 16 years, was a Beekeeper prior to their marriage, and is an invaluable part of their Business Tennessee’s Bees LLC. Tennessee’s Bees specializes in quality Bee Genetics, Pure Tennessee Honey, and Honeybee Education. Their videos can be found here!

Beginning Beekeeping Class
2023-03-03 18:00 - 20:00
Beginning beekeeping classes are taught by Tina Sebestyen, director of the Colorado Master Beekeeper Program and frequent contributor to the American Bee Journal and Bee Culture magazines. This two-day class series will cover everything you need to know to get started in beekeeping, as well as a basic understanding of 2nd-year management of honey bee colonies. Those who take these classes have a much better chance of success in beekeeping. It is great to take the classes before getting started, and many people take the classes a second time, after they have completed their first full year with their bees, and get even more out of it. This class is an approved pre-requisite for entry into the Colorado Master Beekeeper Program at the Apprentice Level, for those who want to go on with better education.
Class dates are:
March 3rd, 6-8 PM
March 4th, 9 AM- 2 PM
There will be a zoom option. The cost is $60.00
Preregister and find out more information at bee.seeking@gmail.com

4CBA Club Meeting: Zoom with Dr. Jon Zawislak - Pheromones!
2023-02-16 18:30 - 20:00
Dr. Jon Zawislak is an assistant professor of Apiculture and Urban Entomology for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Jon Zawislak will talk with us about honey bee pheromone communication. Honeybees have fascinating and intricate methods of communication, including a complex language of chemical signals known as pheromones. Learn more about some of these signals and how your bees use them to communicate information throughout the colony.

4CBA Club Meeting: Dr. Ramesh Sagilih - Bee Nutrition
2023-01-19 18:30 - 20:00
This will be our first Zoom meeting of 2023! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest research on bee health and bee nutrition with one of the field’s leading experts, Dr. Ramesh Sagili.
Learn more about Dr. Ramesh Sagili at https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/users/ramesh-sagilih

4CBA Club Meeting - Annual Business Meeting & Winterizing Your Hives
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting - Plants for Pollinators - Fall edition
2022-09-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting - Honey Tasting & Plant Share
2022-08-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4 Corners Beekeepers Assn - July Road Show - more information to come!
2022-07-01 08:00 - 17:00
Dear friends,
We’ll be hosting several live hive check demonstrations around the four corners in July. These are great opportunities to see another beekeeper’s apiary and work style. Stay tuned for dates, times, and locations!

4CBA Club Meeting - Mistakes! How to avoid them in your first year and beyond...
2022-06-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
Mistakes Beekeepers Make! (and how to avoid them)
by Tina Sebestyen
Join us and learn from Masterbeekeeper Tina Sebestyen on how to avoid beekeeping pitfalls in your first years and after.

Bear Fence Install Demo at Sheila's Far Out Garden
2022-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | 4511 Highway 550, Durango CO 81303, 4511 Highway 550, Durango, CO, 81303, United States

4CBA Board Meeting
2022-06-09 15:00 - 17:00

Bear Fence Installation this Sunday!
2022-06-04 12:00 - 2022-06-05 14:00 | 1503 CR 513, 1503 CR 513, Ignacio, CO
Learn to install a PROPER, WORKING bear fence. How to connect wires to the charger, what charger to buy, why this one not that one, how to test your fence, how to make sure the ground rods are installed properly, and fence maintenance.
Happy Apple Orchard 1503 County Road 513 Ignacio Sunday June 5th at noon.
