I'ORTY YEARS AMONG THP: BEES. 



71 



ever, there should be a good stock of it on hand thor- 

 oughly dry, with no chance for the rain to reach it. 



Fig. 22.— Caught f 



GREEN FUEL. 



And yet there are times when something green is 

 "better. When a continuous and strong smoke is wanted, 

 after a hot fire has been started in the smoker, it is a 

 good thing to fill the smoker with green sticks from a 

 growing tree. The hot fire and the continuous blowing 

 makes it burn freely, and the smoke from green wood is 

 sharper than that from dry. 



