The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

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Moth-trap

An exploded perspective drawing of a wooden beehive casing with a peaked roof, hinged front door, internal partitioned compartments holding honey-boxes, and a separate detailed drawing of a comb-frame below.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESOliver P. Reeve and Christopher C. Parker · August 8, 1871Patent drawing sheet showing a wooden bee-hive with peaked roof, hinged front doors, an internal honeycomb frame assembly, a glass-sided honey box, a conical ventilator valve, and a hinged front platform, all labeled with reference letters A through M across seven numbered figures.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.Alonzo E. Woodhull · December 26, 1871Patent drawing sheet showing a wooden triangular-prism bee-hive in perspective and sectional views, with labeled parts including the brood-chamber sides D and E, swinging triangular comb-frames I on pivots J and J', a surplus honey box S with frames U on top, and a small moth-trap M with glass panel N mounted beneath the hive's sloped bottom.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJohn W. Walker · January 20, 1874Front elevation drawing of a wooden beehive showing two triangular pivoted comb-frames inside a divided chamber, ledges labeled K, small moth-trap boxes q along the base, and a hive cap H above with square honey-box openings.IMPROVEMENT IN MOTH-TRAPS.Jacob Neal · June 8, 1875Two stacked cross-section drawings of a wooden bee-hive box showing internal partitions, honey-frames labeled C and D, sliding doors, and a separate moth-trap chamber with labeled compartments U, V, W and connecting tube S, with hand-signed inventor and witness signatures below.IMPROVEMENT IN MOTH-TRAPS.Benjamin Franklin Daniel · November 16, 1875