| Meetings are usually the 2nd Sunday of every month at 1pm. Exceptions for Super Bowl Sunday and Mother’s Day. King of Glory Lutheran Church, Parish Hall 10001 West 58th Ave Arvada, Colorado 80002 Outdoor clinics are held at the JCBA Apiary. Clinics are open to members only. Directions and time of events will be emailed several days prior to each event JCBA 2026 Calendar of Events 馃悵 Google Calendar here: Calendar |
| Month | Monthly Meetings & Key Topics (topics may change) | Additional Clinics & Events (Weather Permitting) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11th:聽Meeting聽聽starts at 1:00pm 路 Welcome Everyone! New & Returning Members 路 2026 Board Member Elections 路 How & where to get your bees 路 Give aways 路 Announcing Beekeeping Classes 路 Hive Disease Game (Test your knowledge) |
17th:聽Apiary Clinic – Hive treatment: OA Vaporization 10am @ JCBA Apiary |
| February | 8th: Meeting starts at 12:00pm to accommodate Super Bowl 路 Speaker: Apiary Inspector Shelli Quattelbaum 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
13th:聽Beginner Beekeeping Class 14th:聽Apiary Clinic – Topic and Time TBD 14th: Beginner Beekeeping Class 15th: Beginner Beekeeping Class |
| March | 8th:聽Meeting starts at 1:00pm 路 Swarm Prevention (Making Splits and Nucs) 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
14th:聽Apiary Clinic – Reversing Boxes – Time TBD |
| April | 12th:聽Meeting starts at 1:00pm 路 Tentative Speaker: Swarm Discussion 路 Signup for Swarm List 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
18th:聽Apiary Clinic at 9am – Splits & Mite Checks Time TBD |
| May | 17th:聽Meeting at聽Malara Gardens starts at 1:00pm 路 Speaker: Commercial Beekeeper David Izaguirre from Izzy’s Honey – Topic: Commercial Beekeeping Perspective 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
*** No May Apiary Clinic *** |
| June | 14th:聽Meeting starts at 1:00pm 路 Tentative Speaker: Native Bees / Solitary Bees 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
12th-13th:聽CSBA Summer Bee College (Rifle) 20th:聽Apiary Clinic – Adding Honey Supers – Time TBD |
| July | 12th:聽Meeting聽at Apiary – Time TBD (Hands-on demo of Harbo Testing with the Apiary Hives.) |
12th:聽Harbo Testing Demonstration at our Apiary ***No Additional July Apiary Clinic *** |
| August | 9th:聽Meeting starts at 1:00pm 路 Tentative Speaker: Cottage Food Act 路 Honey Harvest Prep 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
22nd:聽Apiary Clinic – Pull Honey Supers – Time TBD 聽 |
| September | No Sept Meeting. Honey Harvest Event Instead |
13th:聽聽Honey Harvest at Jeffco Fairgrounds 聽(Our Annual Potluck Picnic) ***No September Apiary Clinic *** |
| October | 11th:聽Meeting聽聽starts at 1:00pm 路 Preparing Bees for Winter 路 Nominations for 3 board positions 路 Hive Disease Discussion |
17th:聽Apiary Clinic – Winterizing and Winter Feeding 聽 Time TBD |
| November | 8th:聽Meeting starts at 1:00pm 路 Products from the hive 路 2027 Board Member Elections 路 Hive Disease Game (Test your knowledge) |
14th:聽Apiary Clinic – Hive Checks – Time TBD TBD:聽CSBA Winter Meeting (Pueblo) |
| December | *** No December Meeting *** | *** No December Apiary Clinic *** |