{"id":13983,"date":"2012-04-21T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2012-04-21T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:09:58","slug":"bee-diary-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=13983","title":{"rendered":"Bee Diary: 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New Beltane Moon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-Bienenwabe_mit_Eiern_und_Brut_5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13984\" title=\"larvae\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-Bienenwabe_mit_Eiern_und_Brut_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>One of the new colonies is queenright for sure. \u00a0I saw the white, curled up worker bee larvae resting in their cellular incubators. \u00a0The other colony, I&#8217;m not sure. \u00a0It looked like there were some very early larvae on one frame, but that could have been my hopeful squinting, too. \u00a0I&#8217;ll have to check it again on Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>I did drop one frame, loaded with bees, during this hive inspection. \u00a0They spilled out onto the ground and an angry buzzing commenced as they tried to figure out what happened to their warm, comfortable work space. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0Haven&#8217;t made that particular mistake before.<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of smoke though and these bees seem, like last years, docile, not overly aggressive. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad, because I prefer using only the veil and regular garden gloves. \u00a0That way I don&#8217;t get overheated and my hands are easier to use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New Beltane Moon One of the new colonies is queenright for sure. \u00a0I saw the white, curled up worker bee larvae resting in their cellular incubators. \u00a0The other colony, I&#8217;m not sure. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=13983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bee Diary: 2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1268],"tags":[2735,1536,2466,2433,4079,4080],"class_list":["post-13983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bees","tag-colonies","tag-frames","tag-hive-inspection","tag-larvae","tag-queenright","tag-veil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13987,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions\/13987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}