Aspinwall Hive - Swarm Prevention

[TooBee...]

I'm placing this on the Forum in the hope that someone has more information on this novel idea, I've been unable to find any further Links than those below.
Any additional information would be appreciated. Thanks.

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In Aspinwall's own words,
"In my present hive I employ similar brood or comb frames, and I prefer to arrange the same alternately with dummy frames that are filled in with a series of similar or parallel strips or slats. These slats may be placed in any desired direction and so close to one another as to leave between them about a bee-space, and the slats are preferably as wide as the dummy frames, and they are so close as to prevent the bees building comb in the frames, but yet at the same time allowing room for the bees to travel through the dummy frames from one comb frame to the next and in this way providing ample room for all the bees and for the increase of the bees, so as to overcome the tendency of the bees to swarm at certain periods."

Here is a Link to the Patent, the drawings are difficult to understand, but Fig. 3 appears to be a top down view of the dividers or wooden slats, between honey comb sections.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/0891585.pdf

Here is a Link to a Forum discussing the Aspinwall Hive and applying some of it's principles,
https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/vertical-slatted-rack/2481/11

The Bovard Board or Slatted Bottom Rack appears to be along the same principle, described here,
http://beesource.com/build-it-yourself/slatted-bottom-rack/

Here is a Thread on a Forum discussing side slats, slightly on the same train of thought,
http://www.beesource.com/forums/sho...-super-dimensions&highlight=FRAME+SUPER+WIDTH


By the way, just for reference:
I stumbled across this Hive after starting Thread
https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41172
and trying to answer my own question...

I then came across this Thread
https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24559
which lists the Aspinwall Hive

 

[Finman]

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Patented 1908.

I have read lots about swarming, but never met that name. Either met method, that hive type prevents swarming.

 

[Finman]

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When I have read these forums, what ever guys do or do not, they hope that it prevents swarming. Only sure method is inspect hives once a week.

That hope that wide room prevents swarming, that hope is on air still . Too tight room makes every hive to swarm, but it does not work to opposite direction.

First of all, when colony grows bigger and honey fills combs, the hive needs more room. What ever new space you give, the colony will swarm however. Big hives swarm first.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Inspect weekly during the swarm season. Clip your queen if you keep bees in your suburban back garden. Give room when needed. Have spare kit. Know your bees.
The probable reason for there being no other reference is that it’s the ramblings of some strange fellow and it never worked

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Do yourself a favour - Spend a little more time researching tried and tested swarm control/avoidance methods rather than trawling the web for weird, unworkable and downright crackpot ideas and you'l find your beekeeping a lot more enjoyable.
All your 'good ideas' thus far seem to be nothing more than surefire methods of stressing out and compromising your colonies to the detriment of the bees and making more work for yourself not less.
There are not many shortcuts in beekeeping and thus far you have skillfully avoided most of them.
If you want to learn look at Snelgrove, Manley, Hooper and de Bruyn as a start. Keep the comics for the kids.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Do yourself a favour - Spend a little more time researching tried and tested swarm control/avoidance methods rather than trawling the web for weird, unworkable and downright crackpot ideas and you'l find your beekeeping a lot more enjoyable.
All your 'good ideas' thus far seem to be nothing more than surefire methods of stressing out and compromising your colonies to the detriment of the bees and making more work for yourself not less.
There are not many shortcuts in beekeeping and thus far you have skillfully avoided most of them.
If you want to learn look at Snelgrove, Manley, Hooper and de Bruyn as a start. Keep the comics for the kids.

Good advice!

 

[Poly Hive]

Very good advice so take it on board and some reading will vastly help you.

PH