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The Farm on Quail Hollow

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Life of a Keeper! #beekeeper #beelife #farmlife #imakeeper #beesuit

Fall is here so it’s time to start supplementing your honey bees and give them a little extra! I recently came across an article about feeding your bees bananas! Bananas have vitamins and minerals that are said to be beneficial then.... a fellow beekeeper shared her experience and how “these minerals help bees to live longer and so survive cold winters. Potassium is needed for bees to flex their wing muscles to generate heat in the winter cluster. The ethyl gasses these ripe bananas produce will reduce some of the pathogens by simply killing spores that can post issues to bees. We already know that banana peel cures chalk brood. It actually suppresses chalkbrood spores. They further have discovered that bees that have a diet rich in potassium can handle diseases better and actually live longer. So this brings me back to bananas that are rich in potassium and other minerals.” I looked up a few articles to back her post and was pretty excited to try! After offering the bees a banana slice they seemed to really enjoy it! Here is a study about alternative supplements for bees : https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIAAS/article/download/615/580 Bananas and chalk brood article: http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/ #bananas #bees #honeybees #vitamins #potassium #minerals #honeybees #mygirls

How do you decompress? I finish my day with a walk around the farm. I consider this time very personal and spiritual. My “me” time is not just about walking, it is about taking a deep breath, looking around, and finding something beautiful. All to often people forget to stop and look at the beauty around and more importantly, they forget to be grateful! #meditation #cedartrees #relaxing #evening #walk #farmlife #farm #grateful #gratitude #takealookaround #deepbreath

It’s the season when the boys get the boot! #poorboy #hegottheboot #drone #dronelife #honeybee #poorguy

Sunshine and Baby Goats!!!! #babygoat #coconut #goatgoat #sunshine

Ohhhh so much inspiration! #beautiful #garden #walk #heaven

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