DIY: Recreating the buzz around backyard beekeeping. Aiden Olsen. Aiden Olsen. ... Purchase a bee suit, gloves and a smoker, which calms the bees before one opens the hive to reduce bee aggression.

Smokers have three main pieces: an air intake, a fuel burner, and a cooking chamber. For his DIY smoker, which he first came up with on a 2001 episode of his show, ...

You can make aromatic smoke packets out of paper bags, dried herbs, and citrus peels for your bee smoker, either as a sweet-smelling addition to your typical fuel source or as a replacement fuel.