Posted:  ....it was my understanding that Dr. Panuwan's area of focus is bee 
pathology / bee diseases / bee parasites.  I did not know about the lemon grass 
oil .... :)

Be very, very careful with the use of lemon grass oil.  Last spring I split two 
packages and used two more queens to form what I had hoped to be four nuc 
packages with queens.  I thought I would make the sugar syrup I was feeding them 
more attractive so I added a "couple of drops" of lemon grass oil to the gallon 
syrup than I made up.   As soon as the queens were released from their shipping 
cages the entire swarm absconded, in all four cases.  I was able to retrieve one 
swarm because the queen couldn't fly and the ball of bees was on the ground 
close to the nuc box.  I am guessing that the strength of the lemon grass oil in 
the syrup was way too strong for the bees to tollerate.   Lesson learned, I 
guess.     Mike in LA


      

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