You could also do a little research on honeybee swarm attractants to see if maybe someone has already conducted such work-- "The Biology of the Honeybee" by Mark Winston has a great bibliography and I'm sure has at least one reference to such work-- if you can't find anything with Google.)
Citral is a component of lemon oil and is found in lower percentages in other citrus oils-- but lemon grass has a higher percentage of the chemical. But "the proof of the puddingis in the eating" as they say and I'd encourage you to try the air freshener against lemon grass oil and see if there is any difference in rates of attraction.
Thanks for the neat info Conrad. I want to try and catch some swarms myself, and I have a citrus blend air freshener whose ingredients are: "Pure Citrus consists 100% of the delightfully fragrant oils found in fresh oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, etc." it smells just like fresh citrus being peeled.
Do you think this might be worth trying as an attractant, or should I stick to plain lemon?
No wonder african bees are so paranoid! :(
TreyNitrotoluene 3 years ago
You could also do a little research on honeybee swarm attractants to see if maybe someone has already conducted such work-- "The Biology of the Honeybee" by Mark Winston has a great bibliography and I'm sure has at least one reference to such work-- if you can't find anything with Google.)
ebutoooy 3 years ago
Citral is a component of lemon oil and is found in lower percentages in other citrus oils-- but lemon grass has a higher percentage of the chemical. But "the proof of the puddingis in the eating" as they say and I'd encourage you to try the air freshener against lemon grass oil and see if there is any difference in rates of attraction.
ebutoooy 3 years ago
Thanks for the neat info Conrad. I want to try and catch some swarms myself, and I have a citrus blend air freshener whose ingredients are: "Pure Citrus consists 100% of the delightfully fragrant oils found in fresh oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, etc." it smells just like fresh citrus being peeled.
Do you think this might be worth trying as an attractant, or should I stick to plain lemon?
I've even heard that lemon pledge works.
Take care
bobviously 3 years ago