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Subject:	Re: Smoking a hive
From:	Lesli Sagan <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:15:56 -0400
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Back when I was a girl scout, we used to make fire starters out of old
candle ends rolled in wax paper, like big tootsie rolls. So I started doing
the same with burr comb as a fire starter for my smoker. I haven't noticed
that the bees react differently, though.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

>  Once this is going pretty well, I like to take a few pieces of burr comb
> (bees wax) and drop it down in. This has almost the same effect as the used
> oil: the smoke is cool and dense, and the smoker stays lit forever.

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