US93081A - Improvement in bee-hives - Google Patents

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Lam Patent .No. 93,081, dated July 17,1869.

IMPROVEMENT 11v BEE-HIVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, MILLER GRAHAM, of (Joshocton, in the county of Coshocton, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bee- Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following'is a full and exact description of the same, referencebe-' big bad to .the accompanying drawings, and to the lettexts of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of bee-hives Figure 7 represents a side elevation with feed-box inserted.

To enable others skilled in the art tomake and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe fully its construction and operation.

A A A represent sections of the hive, which may be of any desired number, and aregenerally square in shape, and are all constructed alike, with the exception of the upper one, A, which is provided with a roof or cap, a. Each section is provided with honeyframes, a, of any suitable construction.

B represents a sheet of heavy paper, or a thin piece of boardiprovided with perforations, b l), &c., which is placed between the sections to allow the bees to pass froui one to another, and prevent the connection of the comb throughout the sections, thereby facilitating the detachment of the honey.

0 represents the bottom of the hive, which is place( within the square frame 0, with legs 0.

The bottom G is'const-ructed with sides sloping'abruptly inwards, coming nearly to. a point, and having a square orifice at the bottom, which is provided with a pertbiated sliding plate, the object of which is to provide for ventilation, and to clear the lower part of the hive from refuse, which would accumulate therein.

In the one side of the bottom piece 0 is placed, in 8.

suitable'recess, the sloping platform 0', the upper surface of which is a little lower than the surface of the bottom 0, toprovide an aperture for the passage of the bees.

Beneath the platform O'i's a strip of tin, between which and the platform is a slight space, the object of which is to deceive the miller, thereby leading her to suppose thesame to be the regular entrance to the hive, under which impression she deposits her eggs therein. v Each section A is provided at its lower edges with the strips-d d, one on each side, which project below the same sufiiciently far to cover the joint made by the attachment of the sections, and to hold them in place, the strip (1 being cut away at d flush with the lower edge of the section, to form an aperture corresponding to that above the platform 0'. I

The sections are also provided with, sliding-lids, e, for the inspection of the inside; also with orifices, f j,'&c., with the lids f f, &c., the two upper ones of whichbeing used for purposes of ventilation, and the lower, which are larger, for entrances to the hive, when the section in which they are is placed at the bottom of the same. If desired, similar orifices can be made in the back side.

F represents a square frame, of a size corresponding to that of the sections A, which is designed to be placed between the same, to "provide an aperture for the reception of the box G, with the floatingperforated or slotted cover g, which is constructed somewhat smaller in area than the box G, so as to admit of a free vertical motion in the same, and is provided with the slots 72 h, or other suitable orifices,l by means of which the bees are enabled to eat the honey contained in the box, without danger of falling into the same, as is frequently the case when they are fed in the hive.

It will readily-be seen. that my invention possesses many useful and valuable points in regard to convenience and simplicity, as, by its peculiar construction,

any number of sections may be employed, thus accommodating the hire to a large or small swarm with great facility.

,- The arrangement for feeding the bees is also one of great advantage, whereby the usual danger of the bees falling into the material, and other obvious disadvantages, are avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new,au'd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame F, in combination with box G and perforated cover 9, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hive above described, consisting substantially of the sections A A A, &c., bottom piece 0, frame F, feeding-box G, with lid g, and perforated pieces B, as and for the purpose set forth.

MILLER GRAHAM.

Witnesses CHARLES HoY, SAMUEL T. BABoooK.

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