On Fri, 1 Nov 1996 04:09:00 GMT Andy Nachbaur <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>>This is my first year in beekeeping and I have yet to master the use of
my
>>smoker.  I can get a fire going producing good smoke, but by the time I
>>pull my gloves on, the smoker quits. Any advice on correct procedure
here?
 
I got one for ya...
 
   A friend cheats.  He fills his smoker with one inch blocks of wood.
(Dunno what kind...)  He then whips out his trusty propane torch and
fires the thing up for a minute or two!  And he only uses one match!
After that thing is lit, it lasts him all day!  (He has a metal bucket he
leaves it in (still lit)while travelling to the next beeyard!)
 
   Sorta makes my boyscout genes turn right over.  :-)
 
Have a goodun!
 
Gerry and the other Visels at
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Winnebago, Illinois, USA