Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => RAPID BEEYARD GROWTH => Topic started by: ronwhite3030 on January 25, 2011, 08:28:32 pm
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where can i purchase lemon grass oil for swarm lure?
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https://www.lorannoils.com/ (https://www.lorannoils.com/)
Tell them you want the beekeepers discount price !
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ebay is the cheapest I've found.
Scott
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whats the beekeepers discount?
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Paid $36 for 32 ounce that should last years.
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i dont think i need that much should I get 2,4 or 8 oz
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-oz-Organic-LEMONGRASS-100-PURE-Essential-Oil-/360128277597?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53d9516c5d#ht_2796wt_905 (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-oz-Organic-LEMONGRASS-100-PURE-Essential-Oil-/360128277597?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53d9516c5d#ht_2796wt_905)
is that the right stuff to get?
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They have special discount for beekeepers. Call them.
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If you want it sooner or don't want to order it, most health food stores have it in 6 or 8 oz. bottles. It has been several years since I bought some so I don't have any idea how much it is locally.
Fuzzybeekeeper
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I get mine at Vitamin Cottage, but don't remember the price.
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I got 4 ounces for $9.95 free shipping at four season harvest it came yesterday.
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always buy mine on ebay
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http://www.kobashi.co.uk/catalogbody.html (http://www.kobashi.co.uk/catalogbody.html)
I've gotten mine there, seemed to be a good price.
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wfmed.com
They have free shipping on many oils. Scroll down and check on the left side of their web page.
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my health food store only has it listed as aroma therapy
can this be used ?
Thanks Dave
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I make my own extracts from my garden lemon grass, to bait my styro cooler swarm lures. Chop it up finely w/ scissors & even finer w/ elec. coffee grinder. My solution of choice is cheap vodka. You can sometime buy lemon grass at asian markets as well. I used this site to prepare extracts:
Dr. Standley Supplements and Herbal Preperations (http://www.drstandley.com/supplements_herbal_preparations.shtml#hpExt)
The cheap vodka I use seems to soak into the coffee ground lemon grass thouroughly & lasts longer than the olive oil which can putrify in heat of car despite a colored glass container. I heard of a bee keep that uses q-tips rubberbanded to frames which I'm trying as well. One tip has lemon grass extract & othr queen juice. Will see how works this year. Last 2010 lured 3 swarms using only lemon grass outta 6 baited, & 3 using old comb. Fantastic swarm catching & Apis mellifica season 2011 all.