Yes officer, it's for the bee's, not me! You see....
I'll have to remember that one! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
I tend to grab whatever's laying around near the hive... twigs, grass clippings, etc. Have to be careful as there is a Magnolia nearby and I've heard the leaves can be poisonous. I get boxes of wood shavings from a local beek who makes hives, and have found a few heads of cotton work great as a starter/tinder (I grew some red leaved cotton a couple years ago and... never did anything with it but dried it and stuck it in a box). Pop in a couple of those, a handful of branches, and dried grass, fist-full of wood, good to go!
- K