The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

The patented pursuit of the perfect hive

Tongue-and-groove joint

Patent drawing sheet showing seven figures of a wooden beehive, including an assembled exterior view, an interior arrangement of comb-section frames with tubes and slats, a detached comb-section frame with slots for glass slides, a double-glass insulating partition, a tongue-and-groove joint detail connecting the sides and bottom with strap iron, a cross-section of the front wall and hanging moth trap, and a front interior perspective view of the hive box with hooks and boards labeled with reference letters.Bee HiveOliver Reynolds · June 4, 1861