{"id":20052,"date":"2013-05-15T11:27:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=20052"},"modified":"2013-05-15T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:28:04","slug":"20052","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=20052","title":{"rendered":"Bee Diary:  2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Early Growth Moon<\/p>\n<p>The bees. \u00a0This queen has gone to work, pushing out eggs, which develop into instars, then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/frame-with-brood-may-2012-1000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20053\" title=\"frame with brood may 2012 1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/frame-with-brood-may-2012-1000-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/frame-with-brood-may-2012-1000-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/frame-with-brood-may-2012-1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>larvae. \u00a0I watched several brand new baby bees chew their way out of their brood chambers today. \u00a0One that I watched I followed around the frame, wondering what she would do. \u00a0She walked a bit like \u00a0drunken sailor, connecting antennae to antennae to her older sisters, poking her head into an empty brood chamber, then backing away.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing her alerted me to the pallid, hey I&#8217;ve just been born, look of the newbees and I found several after seeing her. \u00a0This seems to be a very healthy and friendly colony. \u00a0No excitement, buzzing the head. \u00a0Just working away, some air conditioning, some nursing, some flying in with pollen laden legs, some flying out. \u00a0The queen in there somewhere dabbing eggs into brood chambers, then moving on.<\/p>\n<p>Also got the second round of beets in the ground, double planting some with the kale and chard, imagining I can get in one turn over of the beet crop before the greens mature. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see about that. \u00a0The leeks look great, the onions not as good but not bad. \u00a0Kate&#8217;s sugar snap peas are two inches high or more, a few of her cucumbers have broken the surface. \u00a0We&#8217;ll not see carrots for some time and their germination is not so hot anyhow.<\/p>\n<p>After watering everything in, I came back inside. \u00a0Tomorrow I&#8217;m going to gather a soil test for International Ag labs and finish cleaning up the patio. \u00a0Then it&#8217;ll be off to see the people of the reindeer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Early Growth Moon The bees. \u00a0This queen has gone to work, pushing &hellip; 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