{"id":197078,"date":"2026-03-18T23:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197078\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:18:07","slug":"temporary-trail-closure-in-pond-apple-park-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197078\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary trail closure in Pond Apple Park &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Sanibel reported that the Pond Apple Park Trail from Bailey Road to the retention pond is temporarily closed as of today, March 18.<\/p>\n<p>A fallen tree blocking the path was found to contain a large active bee nest, creating a safety hazard for users of the trail.<\/p>\n<p>The closed section will remain inaccessible until a specialist can safely remove the bees and crews can clear the fallen tree debris.<\/p>\n<p>There is no estimated reopening date at this time; the removal is being scheduled as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and visitors are asked to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Avoid the closed section of the trail.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Do not attempt to approach or disturb the bee nest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Use alternate routes and\/or other park facilities and trails.<\/p>\n<p>To reach CITY OF SANIBEL, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/2026\/03\/temporary-trail-closure-in-pond-apple-park\/mailto:\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Sanibel reported that the Pond Apple Park Trail from Bailey Road to the retention pond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-197078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}