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Surplus honey box

Patent drawing sheet showing seven labeled figures of a wooden beehive, including exterior perspective views with sliding doors, an interior sectional view revealing the miller-trap and brood chambers, a removable brood-comb frame, and a corrugated-top surplus-honey box.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.Leonard Parker · April 28, 1863Two labeled cross-section drawings of a wooden bee hive case showing three side-by-side comb boxes topped with smaller glass-sided surplus honey boxes, with entrance slides and cleats at the base.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.Washington Kennedy · June 21, 1864Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive with a square main box, a removable glazed surplus-honey box on top holding double comb-frames, and detailed cross-sections of separators and comb-frames labeled with letters A through K.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESP. J. Severson · February 25, 1868Patent drawing of a wooden beehive showing a cross-sectional elevation with stacked comb-frame sections, glass-ended honey boxes on top, and a detailed corner view of a frame with a cut-away guide bead for bee passage.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVEEdmund B. Redfield and E. C. Hubbard · June 15, 1869Patent drawing of a wooden beehive with a hinged lid, legs ending in small cups, and a cutaway cross-section showing internal air-passage walls between the comb frames and honey boxes.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHenry Grems · March 8, 1870An 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 pyramidal-roofed wooden bee-hive in perspective, a cutaway side section, top views of the comb-frame arrangement and surplus honey boxes, and small detail drawings of the division board, false bottom, and pivoting wire.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJoseph Truax · June 10, 1879