Homeowner sprayed ... lemon grass oil!

montauk170 · 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

G3farms · 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:

Scadsobees · 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?

AllenF · 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"

uglyfrozenfish · 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.

Michael Bush · 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...

montauk170 · June 06, 2011, 03:52:15 AM

Yup, probably. Look at the bees just hanging outside after two days after spraying lemongrass oil.

L Daxon · 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.

bulldog · 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

preston39 · 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!!!