The Beehive & Bee Equipment Patent Archive

The patented pursuit of the perfect hive

Triangular comb-frame

Two patent line drawings of a wooden beehive: the top figure shows a rectangular outer box with an inner box holding several rectangular comb-frames labeled with letters, and the bottom figure shows a triangular cross-section with a V-shaped comb-frame and inclined alighting boards.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJohn H. Hendrick · December 26, 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, 1866Patent drawing of a peaked Gothic-style bee-hive shown in longitudinal section with triangular comb-frames, stacked honey-boxes, a double-bottom base with feed drawers, and two triangular end-view cross-sections labeled Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESTandy S. Collins and Hiram Senseman · November 14, 1871