{"id":8081,"date":"2011-06-02T07:49:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T06:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2011-06-02T07:52:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T06:52:34","slug":"good-weather-for-the-bbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/good-weather-for-the-bbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Good weather for the bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1650\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1650\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1650\" title=\"Sun\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1032896_sun-120x79.jpg\" alt=\"Summertime\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1032896_sun-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1032896_sun.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summertime<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the <a title=\"Garden Battered by the Spring\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/garden-battered-by-the-spring\/\">late spring onslaught<\/a> it looks as though the\u00a0weather\u00a0may have settled down for a day or two. Summer officially started on June 1st and as I write this at 7:40am on June 2nd, it is already 15.2\u00baC out there, the sun is shining and there isn&#8217;t a puff of wind. Usually the latter fact would have me moaning as it means no windsurfing, but my loyalties are split these days as it does at least mean that the bees will be able to get out and about collecting pollen and nectar and hopefully\u00a0making\u00a0some honey.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan is off\u00a0school\u00a0as well, and Anna has the day off work so we&#8217;ll be able to enjoy a nice family day on the beach and in the garden. Who knows, we might even get the BBQ out, although doing so will almost certainly prompt a change in the weather. 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