US86569A - Improvement in bee-hives - Google Patents

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The Schedule referred to in these' Lettera Patent and making parl: of the um h--wO-O-O* To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. MEADOR, of Independence, in the county ofJacksou, and State of Missouri, have made certain new anduseful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is` a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention is in the division of the hive into sections, and in arranging each' section so that the same may be used in the case, or not, as found advantageous.

The saidv nature of my invention is 'furthermore in certain detail construction of each section-hive, as willhereinafter more fully appear.

To enable those skilled herein to make and use my improved bee-hive, I will now describe the same in its instruction and use, referring herein to the drawings, of whichi Figure 1 is a general perspective of' the hive-case as closed;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, showing the position of two section-hives within the case;

Figure 3 is a top plan, showing the section when the ci' the parta-as A', and then the part A is placed against the part A', resting upon ,a-

'The hive-entrance is cut at B, equallyz each side of the vertical dividing-line of A and A', the walls of A and A' being out down to the lintel-piecc al, and the aperture being continued the necessary height above the floor of the-hive.

The interior of the partsA and A is similarly i formed, being subdivided by the vpartition-wall a2 and by narrow transverse strips a?, reaching from a? to the side walls of A and A.'

In the top of each seetion,'at the edge farthest from the entrance B, I airangepassages F, from the hive -to the honey-box, for breathing-holes.

Similarly I construct a" section-hive of more thanV two sections, (indicated by fig. 6,) uniting the several parts C 0l C? by the hooks c.

vswarm to its own hive.

The entrance to the hive may be placed at D in the central'section, and passages from the hive to the honeybox, for ventilation, diagonally opposite, at D'. l

Each of said sections O (J1-O2 (which may be from two to nine in number) is arranged with a cross-bar, c, s'et diamonding in the frame, as shown in figs. 7 and 8.

By my said arrangement of the sectional hive, I can,y at the proper time, divide an old' colony of bees and swarm a. new section, at the same time equitably dividing the honey-store of the old and new hives.

To dothis, I place to each one ofthe sections of an old hive7 a section or sections of a new one, and thus form two or more new-colonies, each in a separate hive, out of the old stock. v

Inorder that the hive may be the bettenprotected rtgainst heat and frost, I arrange the section-hives, before described in an outer4 hive, or case'E, shown' generally in fig. 1.

The eect of thus enclosing the inner hives, or honeyboxes, by an outer casing, will be to make the hive so warm in early spring as to enable the bees to rear their young, and byv closing the holes' in the outer casing, the air within will be -stagnated, and act as a non-conductor, thus keeping the interior of the honeyboxes at an even temperature.

When the sun is very hot, the ventilation-holes may be opened, and a free circulation will .thereby be produced, and the temperature inside the hive reduced.

The exterior sides ofthe case E will he ornamented by different colors, corresponding to the number and position of the interior hives, thereby guiding each Then the general entrance e into the case -Ewill be in close communication with the entrance to eachl hive within the case.

The ventilation-holes e', I bar with wire gauze, 'or similar material,to prevent ingress of moth,1ies, and similar animals, or insects.

The casin g E is arranged with a lid which can easily be opened to inspect or remove the hives within the case. v

Having thus fully described my'said invention,

What I claim, is-- -Ornamenting the exterior case in distinct shades of color to indicate the interior subdivision into sectionhives A A', each having its' own entrance, 'as shown by. B; andits own Ventilating-aperture F, substantially as set forth.`

JAS. D. MEADOR.

Witnesses:

H. S. Mnsnon, L. F. Marmora.

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