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full colony of bees. The continuous pass- 

 ageways, e and e', on the under side of the 

 device, correspond to the entrances of 

 the hives A and B, respectively. The bees 

 will then pass, quite undisturbed, out of and 

 into their respective hives through these 

 passageways. By inserting the slide, sl,ya. 

 the end of the non-swarmer until it occupies 

 the position indicated by the dotted horizon- 

 tal lines the passageway leading to hive A 

 will be closed at its juncture with the hive- 

 entrance, preventing any bees from entering 

 said hive. The wiie-cloth cone exit, ex, still 

 permits flight-bees to come out of hive A, as 

 a hole h. Fig. 33, through the non-swarmer 



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non-swarmer by the bees at the entrance, e, 

 and with these bees will enter hive A, thus 

 bringing about in hive B the same condi- 

 tions as were previously induced in hive A 

 by closing the latter. At the same time the 

 field-bees of both hives are working contin- 

 uously in the supers on the hive A, the en- 

 trance of which is open, and the flight-bees 

 in hive B are escaping through the cone exit, 

 ex\ and joining those of hive A. 



In about a week the supers are again 

 placed upon hive B the entrance to which is 

 then opened while that of hive A is closed. 

 In another week another transfer is made, 

 and so alternately during the flow of honey. 



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Fig. 33. — Langdon non-swarming device ; rear view, showing apertures (e, e' and h, h') corresponding 

 to similar openings in the fronts of hives. 



connects the cone exit, ex, with a correspon- 

 ding hole, h. Fig. 32, in the front of hive. 

 The super cases S of hive A are then placed 

 on those of hive B. 



The flight bees of hive A finding their 

 hive-entrance closed on their return are, 

 upon alighting at the entrance e. Fig. 31. at- 

 tracted along the gallery shown at g, in the 

 cross-section. Fig. 34, by the buzzing of the 

 bees at the entrance e' of hive B, and enter 

 said hive. This withdrawal of the field-bees 

 from hive A leaves this hive so depopulated 

 and so disconcerts the nurse bees left therein 

 that they will not swarm ; meanwhile work 

 is going on without interruption in the su- 

 pers on hive B by the field force of both 

 hives. 



This alternate running of the field-bees 

 from one hive to another and back again, 

 and the simultaneous transfer of the supers, 

 so disturbs the plans of the nurse-bees and 

 temporarily depopulates the hives succes- 

 sively closed, that organization for swarm- 

 ing is not effected, hence, no swarms issue, 

 and the Jield-bees of both hives work unitedly 

 and without interruption throughout the 

 entire gathe Hng season. 



Fig. 32.— Hive showing entrance (e) and hole (h) 

 corresponding to like apertures on back of 

 non-swarmer. 



At the expiration of eight or ten days, thus 

 before the bees of hive B have made prepara- 

 tions to swarm, the super, S and S', Fig. 31, 

 on this hive are all transferred to hive A, 

 the slide, si, is withdrawn from entrance e, 

 thus opening this hive, and is inserted in the 

 opposite end of the non- swarming device so 

 as to close the entrance «?', to hive B. The 

 bees thus excluded from hive B will be 

 called along the gallery, g. Fig. 34, of the 



Fig. :34. — Langdon non-swarming device ; cross- 

 section at sctn. (Lettering as before) 



The experienced bee-master will not only 

 readily see that this meets the requirements 

 mentioned in the first part of this article as 

 advantageous to secure, but also that in 

 many other ways it is likely to prove a sys- 

 tem of great value in the apiary. Mr. Lang- 

 don has mentioned some of these and I will 

 therefore quote from his letter : 



ill Two light colonies that would not do much 

 in sections if working separately make one good 

 one by running the field forces of both into the 

 same supers. 



(2) No bait sections are needed, as the bees 

 can be crowded into the sections without swarm- 

 ing. 



