1906 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 337 



A Non-swarming Hive 



has been talked about, pooh poohed, and the idea aban- tioned editorially in Gleanings for Feb. 15th; but, if 



doned, but Mr. L. A. Aspinwall, of Jackson, Mich., has you wish to see some beautiful engravings of the hive, 



had one in successful use for a dozen years or more, showing all of the details of construction, and read Mr. 



with perhaps 50 colonies, getting big crops of comb hon- Aspinwall's description, together with his methods of 



ey, yet having no swarms. There was one drawback management, send ten cents for the March Bee-Keep- 



that was hard to overcome, and that was the tendency ers' Review, and the ten cents may apply on any sub- 



of the bees to store pollen in the fections; but this has scription sent in during the > ear. 



now been overcome in a manner most novel, and unex- ^_. ^ U a l» ■ n- a wkM' tm 



pected advantages gained thereby. This hive was men- W. Z> HUtCninSOrty Flintj IVIICna 



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