Beekeeping Smoker System (That WORKS) 

Funny thing the brain is. When the smoke blew in your face I could smell it. Love the video, Thanks!

I have a small galvanized metal bucket from ace, looks like a small trash can with a air tight lid. I pack the bottom of the bucket with smoker fuel and throw a hot smoker right on top, snap the lid and take off!!! Also I use a propane torch like you, so much faster heating the side than trying to build a small fire inside the bottom of the can like the old timers taught.

Great video! I need one of those torches!

Just ordered me a 40mm ammo can. I have a strap on a post I just hang my smoker on to let it burn out and and cool off, but if I forget sometimes and don't put it away before rain comes which isn't good for wood bellows. I have also used a sweetgum ball to plug the smoker but it is too hot to put away and so again I risk getting it rained on. Thanks again for the great idea! Also, I have been very successful using the propane torch method on the outside of the smoker like you demonstrated along with pine needle fuel. It is so simple, fast and reliable and only requires your primary fuel to be used in the smoker. For the longest time when using this method I kept thinking "what am I missing?" because a lot of my beekeeper friends and RU-vid channels go to such great effort (and time) with other methods. I like working smarter not harder!

Awesome tip brother! Greetings from an Arizona desert beekeeper ✌️

Great tip thanks!!!

Great idea . 💡

Happy Thanksgiving Nathan!

Great video :) thanks for sharing

Try rolling-up 1/2 of a burlap sack super tight. Stuff it into the smoker. Light it as you did with the torch. Will burn for days

Love the ammo can idea. I’ve been using a cap (found a heavy duty plastic/rubber cap like those used on chair leg feet. It fits the mouth of the smoker but thinking that the ammo with the capped smoker will work better. Being capped, it shouldn’t cause a vacuum, can keeps the hot smoker from causing problems and it doubly safe.

Been using a ammo can for years works great.

I have hives in several places and have to transport my tools around to work them. My smoker fits very well in an old crab boiling pot with lid. But I dump out the embers into the metal pot first and let them die out before putting the smoker in it, while I gather the rest of my items for the next location.

Hey…Nathan I will try that Ammo box…I have a couple but never thought of using one for that purpose….Thanks…

Nath, I'm interested to know if you use a Dado blade to make your joints on you boxes

Nice job Nath. I know you’ve spoken about the Butane burner before and I loved the idea back then when you first used it. 🤯 That’s what I can use that old ammo can I’ve had in the garden shed since I was 17. Nothing like up cycling to save some coin. I normally shove a stick into the spout which puts the smoker out but it’s still too hot to leave unattended for 10 or so minutes. Bring on more pro tips! Thanks for the countless hours of content you create week in and week out. Appreciate all the work you do so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

Just put a latex glove on the in and out of the smoker than put in the box