Beekeeping Bootcamp: Swarms and Splits Class

If you’ve gotten your beehive through its first winter in Colorado, congratulations! You’re about to have a second-year hive!

With a second-year hive comes all new adventures in beekeeping, one of the most important of which is swarming. When a colony swarms, not only does a beekeeper lose their valuable experienced queen, but other issues such as a failure to produce a new queen or swarms moving into dangerous locations can occur. It is in a beekeeper’s best interest to learn how to artificially create a “swarm” by doing a split to prevent their bees from becoming a community nuisance. It is also beneficial for new beekeepers to learn about swarm behavior and how they can get themselves free bees by becoming swarm catchers.

You may also like the following events from Butterfly Pavilion:

• This June, 6th June, 08:30 am, Beginner Macro Photography in Westminster

Also check out other Workshops in Westminster.