The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

The patented pursuit of the perfect hive

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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 showing a wooden beehive box in perspective with a hinged lid and glass inspection window, plus two cross-section views revealing rows of narrow triangular comb frames held by V-shaped wire stops inside the case.BEEHIVEFerdinand Woodward · August 13, 1861Patent drawing of a wooden bee hive shown in top view and cross-section, with honey boxes on top, a perforated landing plate at the entrance, and the hive resting on a bench supported by pins topped with inverted acorn-shaped glass bulbs to block moths.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJames H. Valentine · July 1, 1862Patent 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 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 hinged double-lid top, two glass-topped honey boxes labeled B inside, angled legs, and a triangular entrance cutout at the front; a smaller box labeled B and a cross-section labeled A with slats b are shown separately.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHomer Tuller · June 2, 1868Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive in cross-section showing stacked comb-frames, a honey chamber with removable boxes above, ventilation slides and valves, an entrance porch, and a separate long-handled implement for lifting out honey boxes.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESGeorge Eason · September 22, 1868Patent drawing showing two stacked vertical sections of a wooden bee-hive: the upper section (Fig. 1) with paired glass-fronted honey boxes and hanging tapered comb-frames below, and the lower section (Fig. 2) showing a row of five honey boxes above an open brood chamber with a hinged floor and bee entrance.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESGeorge T. Wheeler · November 22, 1870Cross-sectional patent drawing of a peaked-roof bee-hive showing a lower brood chamber with hanging comb frames and an upper super containing several narrow honey boxes separated by small gaps, plus a smaller square drawing of a single honey box with diagonal corner division-boards and a circular hole.IMPROVEMENT IN HONEY-BOXES FOR BEE-HIVES.Harley M. Johnson and Cassius M. Barker · January 7, 1873Two technical line drawings show cross-section views of a wooden bee-hive with internal movable comb-frames, a lower brood section, an upper section, and a sliding drawer beneath a slotted platform near the entrance, all labeled with reference letters.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESIsham Berry Burroughs · September 18, 1877Patent drawing showing a wooden box with two stacked honey-box compartments on internal bars, a slotted side panel, and a tapering wire-gauze funnel tube projecting outward for bees to exit.IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR REMOVING BEES FROM HONEY-BOXESJames Wash · April 2, 1878