US74618A

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Publication number: US74618A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1885-02-18

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W. S INGLETON, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.-

Letters Patent No. 74,618, dated February 18, 1868. l

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I W. Y. SINGLETON, of Springfield, in the county of Sangamon, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and improved Bee-Hive; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art 'to make and use the same, reference being.

bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the lotter'sof reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the construction of bee-hives, and has for its object the wintering of the bees in a perfect manner, keepingthem warm and dry, to which end a thorough ventilation of the hive is obtained, and due provision made for the absorption of all moisture. In tho accompanying sheet of drawings A Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my invention.

Figure 2, an under view or an inverted plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My improved bee-hive consists of four principal parts, A being the main part or body of the hive, B an air-chamber on which A rests, C an absorbent bottom on which B rests, and D an absorbent top or lid. The body or main portion A may be constructed of the usual size, about a foot square internally. This part A is doubled walled, the space between being filled with any suitable non-conducting material, a, shown clearly in fig. 1. The part B, which I term the air-chamber, has a recess, 6, cut in the centre of the under edge of its front side. This recess serves as an air-passage, and at the rear of the air-chamber there is a right-angular bee-entrance, E, which communicates with the body A by means of a groove or recess, 0, in the side of the body A above the top, g, ofjthe air-chamber. This recess is also extended below the top, g, at c, and covered with wire cloth to prevent the bees entering the air-passage c. The bottom, C, is a shallow box on which the airchamber rests. This bottom is composed of'a wooden frame, the sides ofwhich are equal in breadth to the double-walled main part A, and this frame has a cloth or canvas bottom, 01, eecuredto it in any proper manner, the cloth or canvas being supported by cross wires e.- On this cloth or canvas I place an absorbent materiahf. Dry-leached wood-ashes would answer an excellent purpose.

The lid or top, D, is constructed like the bottom, provided with a cloth or canvas bottom, g, with an. ahsorhout material, It, placed upon it. The bottom, (Land top or lid D absorbal-l moisture in the hive, and sufficient air allowed to pass through the top and bottom to evaporate or take up the moisture, while air is admitted into the hive through the passages Ebc. The double wallsof the main partA of the hive, with the nonconducting filling,'render the hive warm, and keep the bees in a healthy state during the winter-season.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The absorbent bottom G and lid'or top D, constructed and applied to the hive substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth. I

2. v The air-chamber B with the air-passage E attached, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

I W. Y. SINGLETON.

Witnesses:

Penna Euetsnn, JAMES L. .AnAMs.