bee smokers

Noun

bee smoker (plural bee smokers)

1. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees.
   • Earlier this month police in Norfolk were called after five hives thought to contain around 60,000 bees and £600 worth of honey were taken. Other known raids this year in Britain have included one in Doncaster in April. Suspicions among beekeepers that the culprits come from their own ranks were...2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer

   Synonyms:

   smokepot, smoker