Michael Reddell wrote:
 
>I generally try to have a smoker and hive tool in my car all during the
>active beekeeping months, and for several years I had the unpleasant strong
>odor of stale smoke lingering in the car.  I also tended to misplace the
>hive tool. Then I stumbled onto a pretty nice solution to the problem.  I
>found a surplus ammo box that was the exact size to fit my smoker in.  It's
>5.5"x10"x11" and air tight.  When I finish using the smoker I drop it and a
>hive tool into the box and close it up.  The smoker dies out quickly for
>lack of oxygen, and no smoke gets into my car.  Then when I open the box,
>the unburned fuel is still ready to use and my hive tool hasn't been
>misplaced.
>
>This simple box has become one of my favorite beekeeping gadgets.
 
   I second that motion!  For years I have used an ammo box for the same
purpose.  One must take care, however.  The boxes I use require that one
squeeze the bellows before latching down the cover.  The rubber "o-ring"
seal provides no chance for foul odors to get into the car.  I also keep a
hive tool (as well as a small screw cap glass jar with strike anywhere
matches) in the case.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
Adrian M. Wenner                         (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology           (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara           (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
 
***********************************************************************
*  "Discovery is to see what everyone else has seen,                  *
*         but to think what no one else has thought."                 *
*                                       ---    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi   *
***********************************************************************