{"id":176,"date":"2012-01-03T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gorfanc.wordpress.com\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2019-06-25T20:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T20:28:49","slug":"bees-and-honey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/?page_id=176","title":{"rendered":"Beekeeping and honey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1978 the first beehive became two, and then three\u2026\u2026These days we have two small apiaries at Gorfanc with 6-12 hives. \u00a0 After over 40 years the bees are well-established and there have been good honey harvests almost every year. Our honey is well-known for its special flavour and fragrance \u2013 we can\u2019t explain this, but we do love beekeeping and the close relationship it involves with the seasons and the weather. We always have some for sale; it is popular with Hideaway visitors as a reminder of the Welsh meadows and hedgerows where the bees forage for nectar and pollen.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-176 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RIMG0362.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RIMG0362-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Gorfanc apiary\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-434\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-434'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Gorfanc apiary\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/032.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/032-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bees enjoying the crocuses\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-395\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-395'>\n\t\t\t\tBees enjoying the crocuses\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/025.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/025-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The honey harvest\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-390\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-390'>\n\t\t\t\tThe honey harvest\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/022.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/022-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jars of honey ready for sale\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-657\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-657'>\n\t\t\t\tJars of honey ready for sale\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1978 the first beehive became two, and then three\u2026\u2026These days we have two small apiaries at Gorfanc with 6-12 hives. \u00a0 After over 40 years the bees are well-established and there have been good honey harvests almost every year. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/?page_id=176\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844,"parent":57,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/1202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gorfanc-hideaway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}