I'm a beginning urban beekeeper living in NYC.

My office has a paper shredder
used for computer printouts
printed on HP type printers
using 8 1/2 x 11 paper.

Can anyone think of a reason why that paper shredder paper
should not be used in place of the newspaper
to create the paper slurry?

- Dennis Law
Midwood
Brooklyn NY
www.beekeepersdojo.com



On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Bill T <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I normally use pine needles, but long ago I tried newspapers that are
> slurried and dried into slabs then broken into chunks. It took a long time
> for them to dry, so put them in a corner and eventually they were
> forgotten.
> Found them a few weeks ago and they make excellent long term or short term
> cool smoke. Easy to put out when done and easy to start- if they are
> completely dried out.
>
> They take a while to make which mitigates against their use.
>
> Take a bunch of newspapers, dump into a bucket, trash can or garbage can
> depending on how much you want to make. Mix (the hard part) into a slurry
> so
> all the paper is saturated. Pour out into or onto something that will
> strain
> them and allow drainage.  Old supers make a nice frame. I let them dry into
> 2-3" slabs so they will fit the smoker, and, after they dry, cut to fit.
>
> Let them dry a very long time before use, so make them in the fall for use
> the next year.
>
> I start them with a butane lighter and put them out by wiping the lit end
> on
> green or wet grass. For a hobby beekeeper, it makes a great fuel because it
> is easy to start and stop and reusable many times, which makes for ease of
> use with a few colonies.
>
> Bill Truesdell
> Bath, Maine
>
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