The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

The patented pursuit of the perfect hive

Double-walled hive

Patent drawing showing a wooden bee-hive with a front elevation, a cutaway side section revealing suspended frames and sloping funnel-shaped sides, a small perforated honey-board, and a detached perforated slide plate labeled Fig. 4.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESAustin Fuller · May 1, 1866Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive with stacked compartments containing sliding drawers, flanked by hinged doors, and a central vertical ventilating tube topped with a cap projecting above the hive, alongside a second figure showing the double-walled outer box with an air gap.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESNathaniel Zink · March 4, 1879