Bait hive bait dispenser?

[Matt Haber]

I created some bait hives and used a combo of lemongrass oil and propolis (dissolved in alcohol), and used a small spray bottle to apply it to the inside of a bait box. 

The good news is that I caught a swarm (thanks, Phil, for the tutorial!). 

The bad news is that the solution destroyed the spray container after a couple of weeks. The container was plastic and had previously had a dilute alcohol solution in it with no problems. The propolis was dissolved in 90% alcohol, so a bit more concentrated. 

So my question is, for those using a similar approach, how do you store and dispense your bait?

Thanks,

mtt

[Jerry Przybylski]

Actually, the alcohol probably isn’t the culprit. 

lemongrass oil dissolves some plastics, like polystyrene, I think. (PS)

Polyethylene is ok. 

Polypropylene is ok. 

PET is ok. 

The LGO we bought came in a glass bottle. 

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