Beekeeping Bootcamp: Swarms and Splits Class

Name: Beekeeping Bootcamp: Swarms and Splits Class
Start: 2026-03-28T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-03-28T11:00:00-06:00
Location: 6252 West 104th Avenue, Westminster, CO, United States, Colorado 80020

Schedule

Sat Mar 28 2026 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

6252 West 104th Avenue, Westminster, CO, United States, Colorado 80020 | Westminster, CO

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.