Western Colorado Beekeepers Association

Western Colorado Beekeepers Association would like to welcome you to our Website.

Here we share the joys and frustrations of raising Honeybees in the numerous micro-climates of Western Colorado. The Club is made up of local Beekeepers who want to share and expand their beekeeping knowledge.

REPORT A SWARM OF HONEYBEES: SWARM HOTLINE: (970) 812-0080

If you or someone you know has a swarm of honeybees please call our Swarm Hot Line and be ready to answer the questions found on our Swarm Hot Line page.

WE ONLY DEAL WITH HONEY BEES. WE DO NOT DEAL WITH WASPS, HORNETS, OR OTHER BEES.

LOOKING TO BUY LOCAL HONEY OR RELATED SUPPLIES?

Club Members who sell local honey and hive products.

Click Here for Bees and Woodware

Check out our Links Page for other items and information.

Check out our new YouTube Channel

Did you know . . . the "Colorado herd of Honeybees" is one of the largest herds in North America

after the bees are moved back to their home ranges on the Western Slope and the Front Range

Monthly Finds

Check back here as we post things of interest we find each month.

Recommended Reads:

Piping Hot Bees & Boisterous Buzz-Runners by Thomas Seeley

Story’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees by Malcolm Sanford & Richard Bonney;

Integrated Hive Management for Colorado Beekeepers; CSU Extension https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/insect/ihm-bee.pdf - (a PDF on viruses with pictures)

First Lessons in Beekeeping (color version has great pictures)

Honeybee Biology & Beekeeping by Dewey Caron

Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley

Videos:

Honey bee behaviors within the hive: Insights from long-term video analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjVrHXHhy-I

You can also read the full report here

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7968718/