AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Langdon Non-Swarmiiig Attacli- 

 nient at Michigan's Apiary. 



As Reported in the " Bee-Keepers'' Beview " 

 BY R. L. TAYLOR, APIARIST. 



As stated in my former article, five of 

 these attachments were adjusted to 

 hives on the 22ud day of June last, and 

 that the conditions may be understood 

 as fully as possible, I must explain that 

 at that date swarming to a moderate ex- 

 tent had been going on in the apiary for 

 a week or ten days; the hives employed 

 also varied in capacity, three sizes being 



28th, 30th and July 4th and 10th— 

 five times ; No. 2 cast a swarm June 

 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th and July 

 1st, 4th and 7th — seven times; No. 3 

 cast a swarm but once — on June 30th ; 

 No. 4 cast a swarm June 27th and July 

 2nd — twice ; No. 5 cast a swarm June 

 24th, 26th and 29th and July 4th and 

 10th — five times. In other words, No. 

 1, consisting of one single and one 

 double-story Heddon hive, swarmed five 

 times — three times from the single story 

 and twice from the double story ; No. 2, 

 consisting of two single story Heddon 

 hives, swarmed seven times ; No. 3, con- 

 sisting of two two-story Heddon hives, 



Michigan Exiperiment Apiary, at Lapeer, Conducted by Mr. Taylor. 



used, viz. : the single story, new Heddon, 

 double story new Heddon, and the eight- 

 frame dovetailed. The hives, of course, 

 are used in pairs, and for convenience 

 each pair is designated by a number. 

 Nos. 1 and 5 were each composed of one 

 double and one single Heddon ; No. 2 of 

 two single Heddon ; No. 3 of two double 

 Heddon, and No. 4 of two dovetailed 

 hives. 



I wish to explain here also once for 

 all that in this line of experiments 

 wherever a swarm issued it was never 

 returned to the hive from which it came 

 but always to the other member of the 

 pair. 



The details of the swarming are as 

 follows: No. 1 cast a swarm June 24th, 



swarmed once only ; No. 4, consisting 

 of two dovetailed hives, swarmed twice ; 

 and No. 5, consisting of one single story 

 and one double story Heddon, swarmed 

 five times — three times from the single 

 and twice from the double story, that is, 

 it appears, the larger the hive the longer 

 are the bees able to resist the inclina- 

 tion to swarm. 



It will be observed that there was 

 little opportunity to operate the attach- 

 ment for the purpose of throwing the 

 bees from one hive to the other (except 

 as swarms issued) and it was only prac- 

 ticed in the cases of Nos. 3 and 4 — twice 

 in No. 3 and once in No. 4. In each of 

 these this was done on June 26th, the 

 fourth day after the attachment was put 



