In a message dated 07/06/2010 12:46:23 GMT Daylight Time,  
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Hopefully I will not get a beekeeper in this discussion saying its  faster 
to 
simply light the burlap?



We don't have 'burlap' in the UK, but I assume it is what we call Hessian,  
a loosely woven fabric used for potato sacks etc.  I use old sacks no  
longer fit for their purpose, leave them out in the rain all winter to start to  
rot. For the initial ignition of the season some conflagrating paper might 
be  helpful but from then on, you should aways have some charred remains 
from the  previous time and it takes only a spark from a lighter to re-ignite.
 
Chris

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