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Ventilated hive

Patent drawing sheet showing six labeled figures of a wooden beehive: a side elevation with inclined ramps and wheels, a vertical cross-section revealing stacked slatted boxes, a top view of a drone-chamber base with parallel bars, and detail views of an inclined bottom board, a semicircular entrance cap, and a front panel with sliding doors.BEEHIVEClark Wheeler · June 20, 1845Patent drawing of a wooden beehive with three sectional views showing a central brood chamber flanked by compartments for sliding spare honey boxes, side ventilation tubes with perforated plates, and a front feeding box with a glass door.BEEHIVE.Joseph D. Sanderson · December 14, 1858Patent drawing of a wooden beehive showing a front elevation with a sliding door operated by cords and levers, a plan view of the supporting platform, a cross-sectional view revealing copper and zinc strips lining the hive's base, and an underside plan of the hive body.BEEHIVE.Aaron W. Geaheart · February 14, 1860Patent line drawings of a wooden bee hive showing the body with inclined floor and front entrances, internal movable frames, a honey-board, ventilation slide, and a peaked cap, labeled with reference letters across seven figures.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESH. A. King and Jacob Loughmaster · November 24, 1863Two 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 with hinged sides, a bottom drawer, comb-racks, glass-windowed honey-caps, and a ventilation board, shown in multiple perspective and sectional figures.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJames S. Hooton · June 30, 1868Patent drawing sheet showing five figures of a wooden beehive: a vertical cross-section revealing stacked working and breeding chambers with frames, a horizontal section with a perforated floor of round holes, a horizontal section of the breeding-chamber with doors and a hinged panel, a gable-end elevation with a circular rotating ventilator register, and a perspective view of the hive with the upper housing lifted to expose the breeding-chamber doors.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.John Wood · January 12, 1869A 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 of a wooden beehive with a peaked roof, showing an exploded perspective of the bee-chamber with sliding frames, a honey-cap above, and side ventilator slats, alongside smaller detail views of the moth-chamber tubes, sliding ventilator boxes, and bee-entrance slide.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJ. J. Frey and A. J. Frey · March 23, 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, 1870Exploded perspective drawing of a wooden bee-hive box showing the front glazed door open, a raised cap with comb-frames inside, a sloping honey-board, and a drawer-like feeding box beneath, alongside a rear view showing wire-gauze ventilation and a hinged access door.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESAlbert Claypool · January 24, 1871Line drawing of a wooden bee-hive box with a perforated cupola on top, vertical metal side plates, an entrance trough and wire mesh screen at the front, alongside two cutaway side-section views labeled Figure 2 and Figure 3 showing internal comb racks and perforated ventilation openings.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESAbraham Mutersbaugh · November 7, 1871Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive case with front elevation, two internal cross-sections showing stacked comb boxes and a central brood chamber, and a bottom detail of a pivoting button mechanism, along with a small attached moth-trap box.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESSamuel V. Greer · June 4, 1872Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive box on legs with a hinged screened bottom, sliding drawers, a detachable honey-box on top with wire-covered openings, and a front view showing hinged lid sections raised to screen the beekeeper.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESJohn Yoder · November 3, 1874Patent drawing of a peaked wooden beehive showing side elevation, cross-sections revealing internal diamond-shaped frames arranged in an X pattern, and a detail of a single diamond frame with pronged feet.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESGeorge W. Snider · December 12, 1876Patent drawing showing two vertical sections of a wooden bee-hive with an outer case, inner bee-chamber, stacked honey boxes with glass inspection windows, hinged vent doors, and labeled parts A through N.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHiram Hatfield · January 30, 1877A vertical cross-section drawing of a wooden bee-hive box with an upper glazed super containing frames, a lower brood chamber with hanging frames, a V-shaped sloping floor leading to a narrow center entrance flanked by grooved blocks, drain tubes descending to a trough below, and the whole structure standing on four legs set into small water-filled cups.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESThomas Albion Atkinson · June 5, 1877Patent drawing of a wooden beehive with a gable roof, showing a front elevation with open doors revealing internal drawers and comb frames, a cross-section detailing the layered chambers and perforated false bottom, and a separate detail view of a sliding comb-rack drawer.IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESDelorem P. Bower · October 21, 1879