Prepare the Bee Smoker
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We almost lost the queen!! Get a good look at a queen honeybee!
What happens here
Prepare the bee smoker by ensuring the internal shelf is properly positioned. Fill the smoker with a suitable fuel, such as burlap, wood shavings, or cotton rags. Light the fuel using a small torch or lighter, ensuring it produces a cool, consistent smoke. Keep the smoker actively producing smoke by occasionally puffing the bellows. The creator uses a burlap sack as fuel and lights it with a small torch, then tucks it in.
Goal: Generate cool smoke to calm the bees during hive inspection.
Tools and materials
- Bee Smoker — Calming bees with smoke
- Hive Tool — Tucking in fuel and manipulating hive frames
- Small Torch Coleman — Lighting the smoker fuel
- Burlap Sack — Fuel for the bee smoker
- Propane — Fuel for the small torch