> For example, rum is a strong phagostimulant, as is
> lemongrass oil.  These are completely different from the "Factor X" that
> appears to be missing nutritionally.

I have tried dark rum in pollen substitute as a stimulant (read about
it in my 1956 Hive and Honeybee).  I figured it was "local food" for
the girls.  The boats used to take salt cod and potatoes from our
island down to the Caribbean and bring back rum.

I have used lemongrass oil and beeswax around the entrance hole on swarm boxes.

But until you put them together in the same sentence Randy I never
made the connection.  Now maybe I need to leave the girls a sponge
with a bit of dark rum in the swarm box for a housewarming party.

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