Gavin wrote:
> The Parliamentary officials
> were asked to provide a fire-proof bin for the smouldering fuel so the
> smokers
> could be extinguished before entering the building...
The fire-proof bin consisted of one small, empty, galvanised bucket and a
plastic one with about an inch of water in it! Perhaps it was just as well
that there were only 350 beekeepers there. We could have used a tank of
water to cool the smokers as many were red-hot by this time.
Best wishes
Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/
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