4 Corners Beekeepers Association

Beginner Beekeeping Class
2026-04-11 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Avenue, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
One-day beginner beekeeping class offered by Tina Sebestyen on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Time: 10 am to 5 pm. Cost is $60.00. US Armed Forces Veterans are free. Held at La Plata County Fairgrounds. Sign up by contacting Tina at bee.seeking@gmail.com

4CBA Club Meeting with Tina Sebestyen - All About the Queen!
2026-04-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
All About the Queen!
This will be our first in-person meeting of the year. Don’t miss it!
Pretty much the only thing beginning beekeepers are taught is that there is only one queen in the
colony, and it turns out, not even that is true! Why does a queen lay eggs in supersedure cells when it
means her death? Why do queens sometimes ignore queen cups and what triggers them to lay eggs in
cups later? Why do bees still start queen cells when there is a caged queen in the hive? Why do they kill
your brand-new, expensive queen even when they are hopelessly queenless, and how can we improve
queen acceptance? All of these questions can be answered by understanding All About the Queen. Can’t
wait to see you all!

4CBA Bee Package Delivery Day! Time of delivery TBD!
2026-04-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Zuberfizz, 284 Sawyer Dr Ste A, Durango, CO, 81301, United States

4CBA Club Meeting with Kirk Webster
2026-05-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom, United States
Author and beekeeper Kirk Webster of Vermont joins us to discuss his nuc preparation.
Kirk Webster’s book

4CBA Club Meeting - Presenter Beth Conrey, former commercial beekeeper, Front Range, CO
2026-06-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Florida Baptist Church, 30296 US-160, Durango, CO, 81301, United States
My name is Beth Conrey, and I’m the former owner of Bee Squared Apiaries, a small beekeeping operation based in Berthoud, Colorado. I care for 207 hives across Weld, Larimer, and Boulder counties.
I began beekeeping over 20 years ago after reading a series of newspaper columns written by my friend, Tom Theobald. I’ve always been a little “buggy”—I even collected insects as a 4-H project while growing up in Maryland and New Mexico. That collection still hangs in my hallway today. Tom’s words inspired me to take a beekeeping class, and from that moment on, I was hooked.
I started with just two hives, fascinated by the bees’ rhythms and habits. Sitting in a lawn chair at dusk, watching them return heavy with pollen, I couldn’t help but wonder: Where do they find it? What’s blooming nearby? How do they spread the word? The more I observed, the more captivated I became. Soon, my husband was joining me in swarm-catching and hive removals, and before long, two hives grew into sixty.
Bees are astonishing. The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the most closely studied beneficial insect in the world. Each one produces just 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. To create a single pound of honey, a hive must visit two million flowers. Two million! These numbers still amaze me.
And yet, season after season, the bees produce more than they need. That abundance is what I get to share with you.
https://bethsbees.com/about/

4CBA Club Meeting - Ice Cream Social @ Durango Botanic Gardens
2026-07-16 18:30 - 20:00
Come one, come all to our annual Ice Cream Social held at the Durango Botanic Gardens at the Durango Library!

4CBA Club Meeting - Annual Pot Luck at Lilybee Farm
2026-08-20 18:30 - 20:00 | LilliBee Farms
https://lilybeefarm.com/
