 Entanglement swapping

Two initial maximally entangled pairs $A{B}_1$ and $B_{2}C$ can be turned into an entangled pair $AC$ by a generalized Bell basis measurement on $B_1{B}_2$, followed by a local correction at an endpoint using its classical label. This is qudit teleportation of $B_1$, including its correlations with $A$, to $C$. The initial two pairs are consumed. Without the classical label, averaging the conditional endpoint states need not leave entanglement.