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Patent drawing of a bureau-like wooden beehive with a front elevation showing rows of square honey drawers and boxes arranged in a grid, plus separate detail views of individual drawers, boxes, and a hinged lid roof.BEEHIVE.Jesse W. Davidson · September 17, 1842Patent drawing sheet showing six labeled figures of a wooden beehive: a side elevation with inclined ramps and wheels, a vertical cross-section revealing stacked slatted boxes, a top view of a drone-chamber base with parallel bars, and detail views of an inclined bottom board, a semicircular entrance cap, and a front panel with sliding doors.BEEHIVEClark Wheeler · June 20, 1845Patent drawing of a wooden 'bee palace' beehive shown in three perspective views: a full exterior box with hinged lid and rear windows, a front detail with sliding drawer and inclined entrance planes, and a cutaway section revealing internal compartments, tubes, and honeycomb-lined passages labeled with letters A through m.BeehiveAbraham Decker · July 30, 1845Technical patent drawing showing seven figures of a wooden beehive: a top plan view with rows of boxes labeled E and circular entrances, a front view with notched side extensions, an inverted bottom view showing internal ledges and grooves, a tall vertical cross-section revealing stacked honey boxes E with moth trap strips F, two smaller sectional views showing paired boxes divided by a transparent partition c,d and strap m, and a perspective view of a single grooved moth trap strip with alternating inlet holes g.Bee HiveB. D. Sanders · October 27, 1857Nineteenth-century patent drawing showing five views of a wooden beehive: a front elevation with paired honey-boxes flanking a central brood chamber, a side elevation, an internal cross-section revealing a hopper-shaped bottom and a pivoted valve-pedal entrance mechanism, a honey-box cross-section, and a detail plan of the valve assembly.Bee Hive.Jesse Jacobs · December 27, 1859Patent drawing of a wooden beehive showing a front elevation with a sliding door operated by cords and levers, a plan view of the supporting platform, a cross-sectional view revealing copper and zinc strips lining the hive's base, and an underside plan of the hive body.BEEHIVE.Aaron W. Geaheart · February 14, 1860Patent drawing showing a wooden beehive with hinged door open to reveal comb frames inside an outer protective case, plus detail views of the feeding box, honey boxes, comb frame, and ventilator floor.Beehive.Triphena P. Hornbrook · May 21, 1861Two technical line drawings of a wooden beehive, one showing a side vertical section with an inclined alighting board and entrance, and the other showing an internal cutaway with parallel V-shaped comb bars and cleats supporting a removable top cover.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHenry A. Hannum · February 3, 1863Patent drawing of a large wooden beehive with a hinged lid, front doors open to reveal twelve labeled square drawers arranged in a four-by-three grid, each with a small round entrance hole, alongside smaller detail drawings of a bee-feeder, tin box, slitted board, ventilator cap, and litter-removal slide.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.Samuel McClanathan · March 24, 1863Patent drawing of a wooden beehive with a sloping bottom, a rear knapsack extension, a glass-covered inspection window with sliding door, a moth-poison trough at the base, and interior sections showing rows of removable comb sashes.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.H. C. Boyers · July 19, 1864A perspective drawing of a wooden beehive on four legs, showing a front porch with sliding door and glass windows, a sloped-roof cap section, and a cutaway revealing an interior pit with slanted metal shelves below a grated floor.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESGabriel Graffham · July 24, 1866Patent drawing sheet showing an open wooden beehive with lifted lid revealing comb sections and a slatted moth-trap floor, alongside detail views of a comb-holder frame, a sliding swarming-guard block, and a reversible entrance-protector with swinging bars.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESEdward Kretchmer · November 13, 1866Patent drawing sheet showing five figures of a wooden beehive: a vertical cross-section revealing stacked working and breeding chambers with frames, a horizontal section with a perforated floor of round holes, a horizontal section of the breeding-chamber with doors and a hinged panel, a gable-end elevation with a circular rotating ventilator register, and a perspective view of the hive with the upper housing lifted to expose the breeding-chamber doors.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.John Wood · January 12, 1869Patent drawing of a wooden beehive with a peaked roof, showing an exploded perspective of the bee-chamber with sliding frames, a honey-cap above, and side ventilator slats, alongside smaller detail views of the moth-chamber tubes, sliding ventilator boxes, and bee-entrance slide.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJ. J. Frey and A. J. Frey · March 23, 1869Patent drawing showing an exploded perspective of a wooden beehive with labeled side boards, a central partition, glass-paned frames, a metallic entrance plate, and a removable cap, alongside a smaller cross-section detail of a single frame and a complete assembled hive view.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJohn Montgomery · January 4, 1870