{"id":2317,"date":"2015-09-22T02:21:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T02:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2015-09-22T02:21:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T02:21:54","slug":"bee-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/bee-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By some believed, when one had died, the bees had to be told<br \/>\nOr umbridge taken, they would leave, not liking being ignored<br \/>\nId never heard that tale before, before an exhibition I went to see<br \/>\nFor all I knew I know now what I didn&#8217;t, a legend, a belief about the bee.<\/p>\n<p>We panic in these modern days, with chemicals and pesticides<br \/>\nThe bees are dying, to save them we are trying, nature her time she bides<br \/>\nPerhaps in the time of busy society when success and riches mankind is seeking<br \/>\nThe bees are merely getting up and leaving us all, for to them we are not speaking?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/75g-f5wxZd\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\">At &#39;Telling the Bees&#39; in Galway Arts Centre&#39; #bees #bee<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-09-21T16:04:08+00:00\">Sep 21, 2015 at 9:04am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By some believed, when one had died, the bees had to be told Or umbridge taken, they would leave, not liking being ignored Id never heard that tale before, before an exhibition I went to see For all I knew I know now what I didn&#8217;t, a legend, a belief &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[576,2435,2433,2432,2437,1866,2434,12,2436],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bees","tag-bees-disappearance","tag-bridgit-o-gorman","tag-english-tradition","tag-galway-arts-centre","tag-irish-folklore","tag-monsato","tag-nature","tag-speak-to-the-bees","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Bn","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":356,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-bee\/","url_meta":{"origin":2317,"position":0},"title":"To Be, Or Not To Be A Bee","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th February 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"What a horrid life it seems to me, To be the drone, a male bee, Who lives for love and lust alone For it hes bred, fed and grown. 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