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I have a pellet burning stove and keep several bags of pellets on hand. I
don't have enough hives to justifying using this method but it sounds
useful for the larger enterprises. I plan to try it anyway. Thanks for
the info.
Doug Henry, Lockport Manitoba
On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, MR MARK G SPAGNOLO wrote:
> Hi:
> I have been following the discussion on smoker fuels. Here at Kona
> Queen we used to use wood scraps. It gave a nice smoke, but we use
> literally tons of fuel every year, (fifteen full time beekeepers for
> nine months of the year and nine for the other three months), and the
> expense was enormous.
> We now use a commerical product designed for a pellet stove. This
> stuff is pressed and extruded wood chips. It kind of looks like
> rabbit droppings.
> We purchase it in bags on a pallet. It is kind of hard to start, but
> a lot of newspaper and some forced air from the compressor blown
> through the bottom of the smoker fixes that problem.
> The only modification to the smoker is the use of a screen on the top
> to keep the "pellets" from blowing out the top.
> This fuel with burn all day and even into the night. I have had my
> smoker stay lit for two days straight!
>
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