I went and tried the sumac heads as they are plentyful in my area. They worked really well in that they were easy to light and produced a cool, thick white smoke. I had a minor problem in that these were old heads from last year that had been sitting on the plants for over a year and they were thin and weathered. They burnt up pretty quickly and I had to re-fill my smoker after only working 3 of my 5 hives. I think they would work best if the heads were collected in the fall, say October, after they are dry but before they are reduced too much by weather. > ---------- > From: Aaron Morris[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:10 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: smoker > > There was an excellent article in this month's ABJ rating various smoker > fuels.