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Honey chamber

Exploded perspective drawing of a wooden multi-compartment beehive with a double-pitched roof, hinged doors with gauze vents, rows of hanging comb frames, and a central ventilating shaft, accompanied by sectional drawings showing the internal frame layout.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJames F. Petty and Thomas J. Mobley · December 17, 1878

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