Hi all, lm a first timer in the forum and at bee keeping so excuse me for any dumb “captain obvious” questions 
I have constructed two swarm boxes just to try my luck at a catch for fun. To my amazement I have attracted quite a number of bees on one (approx 20 to 30 ) the other only half a dozen or so. Question is I have found the (
busiest box) bees seem very excited and are doing circle formations in groups of 3 or so. I’ve uploaded a couple of videos which you can see ( lower left group of three bees ) circle two or three times before breaking away from each other ? Can anyone tell me what this maybe about ? I’m assuming they’re scout bees as there is no sign of pollen on their legs. Also FYI I have 4 frames of 100% bee’s wax foundation in each box with a small amount of LGO.
Thanks,
Mark
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Upload the video to You Tube then post the link in the forum so we can see it Mark, and welcome to the forum mate.
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10 out of 10 Mark, you have nailed it.
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Hi Peter, thank you for your reply. I have now been able to upload successfully so thanks for your help there. Not sure I have chosen the correct category to post my question in though ? Cheers
Help is something this forum is a great forum for, glad to be able to help. I picked up that advice from Dawn in California.
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I think you have bees interested in your box. They could be scouts, or they could be robbers smelling the wax and finding nothing to steal… 
What is LGO? I am not familiar with that TLA
lemon grass oil… 
Yes thank you Semaphore, The Lemon Grass Oil seems to do the trick. Thank you also Dawn, I had a suspicion it could be robber bees but with nothing to rob and only the beginning of our spring here it seems a bit odd ? I even considered their behavior to be like orientation flights except I have no real hive as such ? I guess time will tell as this is all new to me. Thanks again for you help
That is because of the “LGO”… Now that I know the abbreviation (thank you @Semaphore), I can explain that lemongrass has a very similar smell to the pheromone that bees produce from their Nasanov gland. That pheromone is used to signal “home is here” to wandering, disoriented bees after a hive inspection, or when a swarm is housing itself in a box that you have provided and they like it. I have seen it many times when housing a new swarm - very reassuring sight.
However, in your video, none of the bees were joining in with standing still, “butt in the air”, gland exposed (it is a tiny white dot) and fanning their wings. I suspect that they were a bit confused by the pheromonal scent, and nothing interesting in the box. 
Thanks for the reply Dawn,
We will keep observing today and I will update later, fingers crossed.