{"id":67,"date":"2020-04-21T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/?p=67"},"modified":"2021-01-25T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T00:15:42","slug":"bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/2020\/04\/21\/bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Bees!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stood under a chery blossom tree and just listened? \u00a0Sometimes, I hear cars. \u00a0Sometimes, I hear people chatting. \u00a0But if I listen very carefully, sometimes I hear the tree buzzing! \u00a0Bees love flowers too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-676x901.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/717392D6-4AF1-447B-B8DF-AB02EF71A193-scaled.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bees are everywhere these days, and so, so busy! \u00a0Sometimes, they even come into the house! \u00a0This one was on my window sill the other day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/E82912DD-1AB3-4D48-81E8-F734025672B3-scaled-e1587500801551-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/E82912DD-1AB3-4D48-81E8-F734025672B3-scaled-e1587500801551-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/E82912DD-1AB3-4D48-81E8-F734025672B3-scaled-e1587500801551.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At first, I thought it was a fly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-294x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-294x300.jpeg 294w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-1005x1024.jpeg 1005w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-768x783.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-1507x1536.jpeg 1507w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-2010x2048.jpeg 2010w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-676x689.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-1320x1345.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/37FF665E-5FDA-41A4-A972-3A7BEE5EB77C-scaled.jpeg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But, no! \u00a0It was a mason bee that had lost his way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-300x288.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-300x288.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-1024x983.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-768x738.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-676x649.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-1320x1268.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/F3402025-735B-49AB-AE05-25DB137969B3-scaled.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, I brought him back outside to a mason bee house so he could get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>To watch a video of him and his friends working at their home, <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/e19686_burnabyschools_ca\/EUPQ73oE5HFAoqeyOOZevdoBbl7KEo2dYNqE8dsw3MnVIg?e=ccbCxD\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-676x507.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stride-strongstart\/files\/2020\/04\/1F81F7EF-42EA-44F3-A02D-5A245F2ACD86-scaled.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember this moment last year? \u00a0Well, the mason bees are back at the Stride Ave. Community Garden! \u00a0Come by for a visit and get a glimpse of the action! \u00a0 (If you are wondering if mason bees sting, understand that only the girls do and only if they are trapped or squeezed. \u00a0In other words, very, very rarely!)<\/p>\n<p>A rhyme to sing to them while you\u2019re there:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Here is a Bee House<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Here is a bee house, but where are the bees?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Hiding away\u00a0where nobody sees.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>If I watch and wait and wait some more,<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>they\u2019ll come out, 1,2,3,4!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hych\u2019ka,<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Jenny<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stood under a chery blossom tree and just listened? \u00a0Sometimes, I hear cars. \u00a0Sometimes, I hear people chatting. \u00a0But if I listen very carefully, sometimes I hear the tree buzzing! 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