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-Hey.
I'm working on a bee attractant.
I learned on the web you can use lemongrass.
A lot of beekeepers on their websites and their forums use
lemongrass essential oil.
So I picked up some today, as you
can see right here, if I can get the focus.
Anyway, it's 100% pure essential lemongrass oil.
I also I picked up-- I heard of anise,
which is another bee attractant.
These are about $4 or $5.
You don't need but a few drops.
And you also need lecithin.
Lecithin is like a pill you can take, for what I don't know.
I use it to help rank up the oils in the water.
It's like kind of an emulsifier there for you.
And you bring up a pot right here, two cups of water
to one cup sugar.
I dropped about three of the little lecithin tablets in it
and about nine drops of each of the oil.
It goes a long way.
I've already brought it to a boil.
Insert it every once in a while.
Let it cool.
Add it to your spray bottle.
And you spray it on your flowers.
And supposedly that will help bring bees.
Not sure if it's going to work.
We have to try it out.
I'll get back to you with the results.
So anise oil, lemongrass oil, lecithin, sugar, water.
Also, on the water, you'll see kind
of a brownish looking substance.
What that actually is is the gel caps,
which has got soybean oil and gelatin tablets that actually
dissolve in your stomach.
If you don't want the brownness looking stuff on there,
you could just split the pills and pour just the lecithin oil
in itself.
I just chose to drop the pills in there and melt them.
So, it will eventually-- you shake the bottle up,
it goes away.
It may clog up your sprayer.