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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => RAPID BEEYARD GROWTH => Topic started by: ronwhite3030 on January 25, 2011, 08:28:32 PM

Title: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: ronwhite3030 on January 25, 2011, 08:28:32 PM
where can i purchase lemon grass oil for swarm lure?
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: tefer2 on January 25, 2011, 08:58:25 PM
https://www.lorannoils.com/ (https://www.lorannoils.com/)
Tell them you want the beekeepers discount price !
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: hardwood on January 25, 2011, 09:06:28 PM
ebay is the cheapest I've found.

Scott
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: ronwhite3030 on January 25, 2011, 09:16:20 PM
whats the beekeepers discount?
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: AllenF on January 25, 2011, 09:24:47 PM
Paid $36 for 32 ounce that should last years.
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: ronwhite3030 on January 25, 2011, 09:27:03 PM
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?
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: tefer2 on January 25, 2011, 09:40:32 PM
They have special discount for beekeepers. Call them.
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: fuzzybeekeeper on January 25, 2011, 10:17:42 PM
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
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: The Bix on January 25, 2011, 11:00:32 PM
I get mine at Vitamin Cottage, but don't remember the price.
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: Russ p on January 25, 2011, 11:11:14 PM
 
           I got 4 ounces for $9.95 free shipping at four season harvest it came yesterday.
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: pine_ridge_farms on January 26, 2011, 10:32:08 PM
always buy mine on ebay
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: RayMarler on January 26, 2011, 10:50:25 PM
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.
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: BeeCurious on January 27, 2011, 09:27:11 AM
   wfmed.com

They have free shipping on many oils. Scroll down and check on the left side of their web page.

Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: Dave360 on January 30, 2011, 07:03:25 PM
my health food store only has it listed as aroma therapy

can this be used ?

Thanks Dave
Title: Re: Lemon Grass oil
Post by: Apis_M_Rescue on January 31, 2011, 02:41:38 AM
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.
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