168 A Modern Bee-Farm 
This hive, which I had under serious consideration 
when my Non-Swarming System was inaugurated,* is in 
many important particulars quite different to any yet 
introduced. My method has been before bee-keepers for 
many years, and has met with approval from all who 
have followed the plan intelligently ; but so many of the 
hives in use are unsuitable for carrying out the method, 
that the novice has often found it difficult to adopt with 
the hives he has on hand. 
All Chambers a Bee-space Apart. 
I therefore introduced during the season 1888-9 the 
above improved Non-Swarming Hive, which gives (1) 
plenty of room in the right direction, (2) perfect ventilation 
at all seasons of the year without draught, (3) the most 
complete shade during the hottest days of summer, (4) the 
greatest ease in manipulation, as the lower body may be 
examined, also the upper, or brood nest proper, QUITE 
INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, also without removing ° 
the supers. The latter points in particular, will be welcomed 
by many bee-keepers, who, while anxious to examine the 
brood nest or non-swarming chamber under it, frequently 
neglect to do so rather than be obliged to shift the whole 
lot. For a period extending back prior to 1875 I have had 
hives in use having a deep outer case, and from these my 
best results have invariably been secured. 
Within this Hanging-Chamber Hive we have first the. 
lower chamber (whether shallow frames or sections, or a 
second stock hive arranged for prevention of swarming) 
which touches neither the floor nor stock chamber proper 
above it, thus entirely doing away with propolisation at 
these points, and enabling such non-swarming arrangement 
* Special Prize Hive, South Kensington, 1878, Simmins’ Non- 
Swarming Pamphlet, 1886. 
