Mike Rowbottom asks, "Why not use the traditional tool- a goose wing?".

Simple.  Geese aren't plentiful in my bee yards whereas grass is everywhere,
immediately available, easy to pick, simple to construct into my make shift
brush and can be discarded when I'm done.

> In the UK Goose wings are readily obtained around Christmas time from
> butchers who deal in game.

In upstate NY, they'd be lost by New Years, perhaps sooner.

Aaron Morris - not thinking  "Keep off the Grass!"