>> I am thinking of ordering a couple smoker boxes from Walter Kelley (
>> 1-800-233-2899). The smoker boxes  are on page 21 of their 2003
>> catalog.

We've used ammo boxes from war surplus, steel pails and other things
over the years, but a few years ago, after truck deck fires, lost
smokers along the road, and smokers burnt up from the wind of driving,
we invested in designing and making special boxes that hold two smokers,
paper, fuel, and matches or lighter.  A coffee can in the fuel
compartment can be used to hold any hot ashes that are dumped out when
re-lighting smokers in yards with dry, tinderbox, grass underfoot.  The
boxes cost us about $100 Canadian dollars each, but have paid for
themselves many times over.

Now we never carry smokers without using the boxes.   Smokers last
longer; we don't have fires; we don't ever lose them.  Moreover, we
always have everything we need in one place, and everything is dry.

There is a picture at today's  http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/ page.

allen

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