The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

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Patent drawing of a wooden beehive case containing three stacked hive boxes with small spare honey boxes on top, rotating cylinders set into curved concave seats near the entrance, and a detailed side view of one cylinder and its bisected concave below.BEEHIVESolomon Stansberry · March 2, 1858Patent drawing of a wooden double beehive shown in vertical and horizontal section, with hinged comb frames swinging from a central partition above sloped double bottoms, plus a detail of a single V-topped comb frame with a vertical guide strip.Bee HiveS. R. Bryant · February 12, 1861Patent 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 beehive showing a perforated front panel with comb-guide holes, an internal cross-section with inclined bottom planes and moth apartment, and a perspective view of the assembled hive with a peaked super on top, surplus honey-boxes, and an entrance door at the base.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESOliver P. Reeve · January 10, 1865Patent drawing of a wooden beehive box showing triangular comb-frames arranged inside a rectangular case, with end views of the frame guides and clamp bar, and a cross-sectional triangular frame detail with hatched wood sections.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVEST. F. Bingham · October 30, 1866A wooden bee hive with a peaked, hinge-free removable cap, vertical slatted sides, an angled roof section, and a small ledge or alighting board at the base, shown in perspective with labeled parts including the cap (O) and body (A).IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.James Alexander Cameron · February 9, 1869Patent 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, 1870Patent drawing showing cross-sectional views of a wooden bee-hive with stacked honey-section chambers, glass inspection panels, ventilator caps, and an adjustable-leg outer casing, labeled with reference letters A through Y across six figures.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESWilliam R. Clark · November 7, 1871Cross-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, 1873Patent 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, 1874Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive with front doors open showing rows of hinged comb-frames, a honey-box above with glass panels, and a sliding bottom with wire gauze below.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.Hyram F. Bobo and Phillip F. Johnson · February 3, 1874Patent drawing showing a peaked-roof wooden beehive in vertical and plan sections, with labeled interior frames, honey-boxes, a feeding trough, and a separate detailed frame with zigzag cross-bars and a central tongue.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESCharles R. Macy · April 9, 1878