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Offline montauk170

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Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« on: May 31, 2011, 12:25:55 pm »
Just received a call about 10 minutes ago from a homeowner. He searched online
and thought people recommend spraying lemon grass oil to kill the bees.
(He also sprayed orange oil). He mentioned that the bees haven't gone away.  Wonder why! :?  :-D

Isn't the internet great.  :-D
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Offline G3farms

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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 01:54:15 pm »

that's just too funny

kind of like walking around the dog pound with a pork chop in your back pocket and wondering why all the dogs like you :lol: :lol:
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 02:17:15 pm »
Ha, that's funny!

I did buy some wasp spray that was mint oil, maybe he just got the wrong oil.  I wonder if lemongrass oil might do something to keep away mosquitos?
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 07:42:18 pm »
Maybe he was thinking of Chrysanthemum Oil to kill pests.   But I am 100 percent sure that if you used enough lemon grass oil, it would kill bees.  You would just have to completely coat every one.   Just like soapy water.   But a very funny story.    "The bees followed me into the house   :-D"
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 11:09:41 pm »
ha ha hope he didnt want more swarms.  you might as well give him some boxes and a suit and say welcome to the club.
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2011, 11:40:22 pm »
My guess is he searched on swarms and  found all those mentions of lemongrass oil and it never occurred to him that most people were trying to GET swarms...
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Offline montauk170

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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 03:52:15 am »
Yup, probably. Look at the bees just hanging outside after two days after spraying lemongrass oil.

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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2011, 01:43:49 am »
Lemmon Pledge will attract bees as well.  Don't wax your furniture with it then leave a window open. Liable to find bees on your furniture.
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2011, 10:57:28 pm »
i saw an all natural "insect repellant" that had bees wax and lemongrass oil as two of the main ingredients, pretty ironic i thought
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Re: Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2011, 08:42:34 am »
Quote from: montauk170 on May 31, 2011, 12:25:55 pm
Just received a call about 10 minutes ago from a homeowner. He searched online
and thought people recommend spraying lemon grass oil to kill the bees.
(He also sprayed orange oil). He mentioned that the bees haven't gone away.  Wonder why! :?  :-D

Isn't the internet great.  :-D
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Thats funny.

One must agree though...the Internet..... will certainly make you get smart.......if you use it correctly!!!
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