US127479A - Improvement in bee-hives - Google Patents

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SAMUEL V. GREER.

Improvement in Bee-Hives. A

No. 127,479, Patentedlune4,1872.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL V. GREER, OF GLASGOW, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,479, @ated June 4, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL V. GREER, of Glasgow, in the county of Barren and State ol Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bee Hives; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fiff. 2 is a vertical section from front to rea-r, and Fig. 3

is a vertical lateral section. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the comb-boxes and brood-chamber, showing the button X on the latter.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bee-hives; and consists in the construction and combination of the several parts hereinafter described.

In the drawing,'A is the case or shell of the hive; B, a removable bottom, held in place by screws; and C is a removable cap. The rear of the case A has three openings, D D D, covered with perforatedV material, communicating with like openings, covered in like manner, in the comb-boxes E E and the brood-chamber F for the purposes of ventilation. The front of the case A has two circular openings, G, which form the entrances for the bees. rlwo perforated buttons, H, secured by screws, are arranged and operate to open or close the openings G at the will ot' the operator; being connected by a wire, I, which is coiled around a stud, K, on each button H, and extend beyond the ends of the hive, where the wire I may be connected with similar wires on the adjacent hives so as to operate any number of buttons H when the hives are arranged in line. A moth-trap, L, is attached to the front of the case A', a short distance below the openings G. A strip, M, is secured to the front and parallel with the bottom of the case A and line below the openings G. A tin trough or cup, P, placed within the box V, is filled with grease to destroy the moth after it has gained access to the trap. A partition, Q, is placed at a distance from the top of the case Aof exactly two-thirds of the whole distance from the top to the bottom. A slide, R, has openings, S, corresponding with openings, S,in the partition Q. The slide R is inserted into its place in the partition Q through a slot, h, in the end of the case A, and provided with a ring, t', by which it may be drawn partially out, thereby shutting ott' communication between the upper and lower chambers, made by the partition Q. The comb-chambersE andE have openings,W, directly over the right and left hand openings S and the brood-chamber F has a similar opening, W, over the central opening S in the partition Q. The bottom of the brood-chamber F is recessed on its lower side and provided with a button, X, one end of which works on a pivot, the other being provided with a stud, Y, which depends therefrom, so as to be caught by a loop,Z, on the end of the wire rod a. The brood-chamber F is divided vertically into four compartments, communication being unbroken near the bottom,while for the remainder of the way up, except through the orifices b and c, communication is intercepted. The central partition g of the brood-chamber F protrudes through the top of the chamber F. The said top is removable. The brood-chamber may be lifted from the ca-se Aby grasping the projectin gportion of the partition g. The comb-boxes E E have openings d d vupon their tops provided with buttons e e. The fronts of the boxes E E and the brood-chamber F are of glass for facilitating inspection. Screws with rings are inserted in the tops of the boxes E E', by which they may be lifted from the case A.

AIn order to get the bees into the hive in the first instance, remove the cap C and the chambers E E and F; drive the bees into the upper, chamber; place a false cap with a hole in it upon the top of the case A, and smoke the bees down into the lower chamber. Draw the slide R so as to close communication between the upper and lower chambers, and thus imprisou the bees in thelower chamber. Remove the false cap, replace the chambers E E and F and the cap (l, and push the slide R to its place. The broodchamber F is placed in the center of the hive for the reason that the bees naturally congregate at the center to brood. When the bees are in the brood-chamber F,

by simply pushing the rod a inwardly the button X closes the opening W in said chamber and imprisons the bees. The chamber F can then be removed and placed in another hive without inconvenience. To rob the hive it is only necessary to remove the cap G, turn the buttons d so as to expose the openings e, and then smoke the bees down to the lower chamber, where they should be imprisoned by drawing the slide It so as to cut oi' communication between the upper and lower chambers. The boxes E and E can then be removed and the honey taken out Without permitting` the escape of a single bee.

At Sundown the wire I should be drawn so as to cause the perforated buttons II to close the openings G. The moth-miller begins to ily after sunset, and as it ali ghts upon the hive it seeks entrance through the openings q. After entering it naturally iiutters against the glass front O and is knocked into the cup P iilled with grease, from which it cannot extricatc itself. By the arrangement of the wire I and perforated buttons H a great number of ing partition Q provided with openings S',

substantially as described, for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing im pi'ovement in bee-hives, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of March, 1872.

SAMUEL V. GREEK.

Witnesses:

WM. VRrGI-IT, ELBERT HAnoNs.

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