{"id":454,"date":"2021-03-15T17:09:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bee-plus.org\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:11:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bee-plus.org\/?page_id=454","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"454\" class=\"elementor elementor-454\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ce72747 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ce72747\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fc7dd68\" data-id=\"4fc7dd68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f706ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f706ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>About <\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61ad1469 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61ad1469\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8990dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b8990dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\"><strong><span class=\"bon f24 s20\">So What\u2019s To Know?\u2026<\/span><span class=\"bon s20\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><div>\u00a0<\/div><h5 class=\"aj\"><span class=\"bon f23\"><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\">\u00a0\u00a0 In my twenties I decided I was not doing anything with my down time so I cast about for a short course on something practical. In Didsbury, Manchester was an establishment called the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\"><a style=\"color: #a1947a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wea.org.uk\/\"><span class=\"bon f23\">Worker\u2019s Education Association [WEA].<\/span><\/a><span class=\"bon f23\"> It was housed in a run down but formally a very grand country house. Disbury was in the countryside in the 1820s. Now it is is firmly in the Manchester conurbation. For no reason what so ever I decided upon a course in bee keeping would be the very thing to do over<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\"><span class=\"bon f23\"> the winter months.<\/span><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\"><span class=\"bon\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h5><h5><span style=\"color: #a1947a;\">Beekeeping has been a part of my life for over 35 years<\/span><\/h5><h5><span style=\"color: #968e7b;\">David is one of the few professional Bee Farmers in the UK. There is a lot more to discover about the bee farmer at <a href=\"https:\/\/thebeefarmer.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thebeefarmer.co.uk<\/a><\/span> <\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e3730e\" data-id=\"57e3730e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2975d044 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2975d044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thebeefarmer.co.uk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bee-plus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TBF_sig150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-44\" alt=\"Bee Farmer Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bee-plus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TBF_sig150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bee-plus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TBF_sig150-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75999812 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75999812\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b83fabb\" data-id=\"2b83fabb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb8e8d2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6fb8e8d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About \u00a0 So What\u2019s To Know?\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 In my twenties I decided I was not doing anything with my down time so I cast about for a short course on something practical. 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