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@LBee: what’s the hotel name? I’d love to read their kudos. Mr. Bee was especially kind to me on the boards.
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There is a Facebook page about his mom and it looks like someone was taken to trial for her murder. Hopefully this can give them closure
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: not really my place to say since they haven’t, but it wasn’t hard to figure out based on their locale. Not many hotels
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Blogger here as well- a few months ago @Mrs. Peas stepped in to run Hellobee and has been very active in keeping up with posts, but she’s still working full time and has lots going on, so I think the recent drop in posts is due to that. I imagine it was pretty tough for the Bees to find someone to take this on who can invest in the site full time like the Bees did, and to manage everything from where they are, but I think everyone has the best intentions (just my hunch).
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Thank you for letting us know about the hotel thriving. That makes me super happy. For the past few days, I have been seeing Hellobee ads that feature 'attacker warning protection' keychains and I kind of wondered about them and if that had to do with their conscious choice rather than random ads. I continue to appreciate this site for the time being and have been uplifted by the past help/conversation/laughs I've received from so many Bees on the boards. It truly made a difference in my parenting and a lot of reflection came from it. It is truly a wonderful online community for me.
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Thanks to the bloggers for chiming in. I think it would help to remember the bloggers are just writers for the site-they aren't the ones running it. Their content is much appreciated, but they're busy with their own lives and kids, and I assume they signed on purely as writers, not as website maintenance! I do regret paying for gold this year, as the site has fallen into disrepair, and I am not sure what the cost of gold "got" me, but it is what it is. I've made some incredible friends from this site and use the archives for some parenting questions, and that's about it. I would assume Mr. and Mrs. Bee not saying something official means they aren't interested in doing it, otherwise they would have written a post, or had a blogger do it for them.
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@Mrs. Peas thank you for stepping in! I think HB is as good as can be for now given that it's pretty much voluntarily run by her and I really appreciate that the bloggers stepped up for the past couple months. With last month of summer/back to school I am sure a lot of bloggers are busy. I also do want to say that I don't see a ton of comments on most of the posts; I see a lot of us that try to comment regularly but if everyone take time to comment back maybe it will be more fulfilling for the blogger bees as well to not feel like no one's reading.
I haven't paid for gold for a while so I guess that's why I'm not really upset about anything. I figured with Mr Bee's mom passing away, they were just focusing on family and running the resort and I can't imagine how much work it is.
While it would have been nice to get closure, I guess I also "get it" and the longer it has gone on, the more awkward it is to come back to say something maybe? I think they do owe us that, but it is what it is...This site has literally been my saving grace and I was the first of my friend circle to have kids so I really relied on HB heavily for both LOs and I will be here till the end!
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@gotkimchi: I had skimmed past the part of the post about the circumstances of his mom's death, how absolutely awful
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Good convo everyone. I agree that it would be great for an update but we may never get one. In the meantime perhaps I should just stop checking the blogs
I agree what a shame if one day the site just doesn't work.
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@RonjaL7: I think your disappointment is also greater b/c you physically check the blogs. I just have it on my feed so I see them when I see them! I have no idea how long it's been.
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I want to chime in too. I am doing my best to churn out content, but Mrs. Peas is extremely busy. I think that most of the bloggers that are still active are doing our best to continue to write and none of us want it to shut down.
I personally love this site and I have been so lucky to be here. I would be extremely sad if it were to go away. I am also worried that with no new bloggers, the content will continue to get stale. I think if everyone can bear with us, we will hopefully see a change soon.
Another thing that I miss is the hosts prompting discussions on the boards. I sometimes try to do this, but I am not very good at it.
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@Mrs. Cereal:
I do agree that it's a lot on the current bloggers plate if there's never new bloggers coming in! I really miss post-a-thons too...
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@snowjewelz: I walled you...
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@Mrs. Cereal: @snowjewelz: I miss the post a thons too and the influx of new bloggers etc, it also seems like a lot of big and long time contributors from when I started have faded away which I get but it’s still such a bummer
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@Mrs. Cereal: are the bees unreachable? Does no one have contact with them or do they know what’s going on here and just can’t/won’t address it for now? I guess that’s part of what I don’t understand - like if the bloggers are in the dark too I think that’s lame
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@gotkimchi: I personally have not reached out to the Bees, but I know other bloggers are in contact with them. I guess I am waiting just like the rest of you to see what is happening.
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@gotkimchi: I agree. We haven't heard an update in nearly a year and it's obvious to everyone that the site is falling into disrepair. I've been here for over 6 years and though I don't always post a ton, have been steadily active over that time. It's hurtful to the community that they just disappeared without a word to anyone. They don't owe us an explanation, but a heads up that they are going to let the site die would be nice.
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@kiddosc: I understand your frustration and everyone's, especially those who have been here for a while and had a much more engaged community, but I would just encourage that we assume positive intent as much as possible. I don't know the Bees personally and other than what I heard in the blogger update a few months ago about @Mrs. Peas taking on more day-to-day responsibilities because of the challenges the Bees were having with internet access and the events with Mr. Bee's mom, I don't know what's happening with them either. I don't get the sense, however, that they're intentionally ghosting the community and looking to just have it die off. I really don't see any evidence of that, and while I can see how it can come off that way, I'd encourage folks to consider all the possibilities that could be creating the current situation, not just the most negative ones.
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Hi All! Sorry for being so MIA and thanks to everyone for being so invested in the community. I did step in to help out a few months ago and up until a few weeks ago had been regularly posting content and doing my best to keep up with everything else. I do still work full time and have 3 little boys under 6. At the time I stepped in to help I was anticipating a potential job change/ shift that would give me more time to help out but things changed (as they often do). I do still plan to help out but the last few weeks have just been so incredibly busy for me (we're also in the midst of switching childcare and moving) that something had to give and unfortunately it was this site. I am planning to line up posts to publish for the rest of the week and will work with Mrs. Bee to hopefully figure out a good rhythm going forward.
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@Mrs. Carrot: I think this is typically a very understanding community and we were all devastated for the bee family when we heard what had happened to his mother. I think that's why it's taken this long for people to really feel comfortable voicing their frustration about the site. I don't doubt that they need time to come to grips with their family tragedy and adapt to the responsibilities of running a resort full time. However, an update would take minutes. I think we'd be satisfied with a board post that simply said "Hi, we are mourning, we are swamped, we are trying to figure it all out but you are not all forgotten."
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@Mrs. Peas: I do appreciate that, but if you could convey to her/them some of our other frustrations and concerns outside of just lack of content I would appreciate it
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@kiddosc: yes even just we are keeping the site up until the ads no longer support it. Or we are planning to make a return to the site as soon as we can swing it. Or just anything!!!
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@gotkimchi: I agree; we just miss them too and want to know that they're okay!
@Mrs. Peas: Thank you for all you do! I'm not web-savvy (the behind the scene stuff), but my routine (work/home wise) is pretty predictable so if you need any simple help, wall me!
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Agree with everything @kiddosc: said.
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@kiddosc: Exactly.
To me, it's not about the blog posts, but about how no one is running the site itself. There's no one to make username changes, create due date boards, will check if something is flagged, etc. (Please correct me if I am wrong!)
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@crazydoglady: yes exactly! The expired security etc
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@crazydoglady: I agree with you on this.
For me, the blog was always very separate from the boards. If there is no new content there, it doesn't really matter to me. One good thing that is happening is that there does seem to be more cross over from the bloggers participating in the board threads now, but I am concerned about the security on the site. What happens to the email behind the scenes in my profile, could it be compromised?
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@crazydoglady: I would love a username change. I guess I'll just have to stick with what I have.
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@crazydoglady: So true. A while back I remember we were getting all these fake users and we were constantly flagging/removing. If that happens now, I don't know who would be there to do the behind the scene admin stuff!
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I emailed @mrsbee and included a link to this post. Not sure if she checks her Hellobee email but thought it’s worth a shot. I miss them too and agree some sort of update would be nice.
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@Mrs. Peas: Thanks for chiming in and for everything you've been doing. I walled you!
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I don't know why I keep checking for new blogs when I know it's just going to keep bugging me! Anyone else getting weird pop ups on their phone when trying to use the site? And still no automated due date boards!
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@rpparker: I get strange spam pop ups all the time on my phone and I have to close that tab and open a new one to get past them.
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@rpparker: At this point I'm just waiting for the site to shut down as they have obviously completely given up maintenance.
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@rpparker: the spam pop ups were really bad yesterday. I’m ready to just walk away at this point and not risk a phone hack or virus.
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Yes it was awful!!! I also can’t believe after all this “uproar” there has been 1 blog post and still no word from the bees. I agree the security and the spam is worrisome. But maybe we do all walk away since no one cares and maybe we shouldn’t be supporting that
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Ugh, it sucks that it's all going to crap. This community has been so huge to me and so helpful when I was going through TTC, pregnancy, and raising babies and toddlers. Being able to connect with all the parents who's kids are starting Kindergarten has been a wonderful resource too. I'll be sad when I visit HB one day and it's just all gone.
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@Adira: I'm really hopeful that won't happen. I had really hoped there might be more response from the Bees, but after the initial chain a few weeks ago, I know a few folks reached out and hadn't heard anything so I've become similarly dismayed. Fingers crossed they pop up, but I know I'll keep on coming back to the boards and do so daily. I really appreciate all of you.
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Is anyone going to another site/group I can join??
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I really don't want this community to disappear. I need a parenting village and don't have much of one IRL. And I'm not sure how I would create one IRL - we're the first on either side of our family to have children, most of our friends don't have kids, and we live in a community that is fairly transient, with people constantly coming and then moving away. I've learned so, so much and received support that I really needed from everyone here - this community is the best
That said, I feel like without someone actively managing the site it could very easily crumble - a concerted spam post attack promoting sketchy foreign fertility clinics that overwhelms the boards, a hack of the site, etc...none of which are unlikely. It really wouldn't take much 
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