Good point but no it's wicked easy. Just pop the plunger out of the back of the syringe and fill it like half way. Then push the paste up to the top and lay the beeds into the trays. When you're done take a piece of scotch tape and put it over the tip of the syringe making like a little triangle that it fits right into. Each day just pull the tape off and slide it back on when you're done. It won't dry up on you (or at least it hasn't done so for me) It has made this process VERY easy for me and I'm not wasting any of it. When I was spreading it on with my finger I was wasting a tom of it. Good luck and let me know how it's working for you. Will Zinn