Patent ID: 11917985
Assignee: BUCKCREEK TRUST
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An artificial beehive comprising:
at least one artificial hive chamber for storing a bee colony and/or honey produced by a bee colony, the hive chamber comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls;
at least one removable frame releasably supported on a frame reception structure within the hive chamber, the frame reception structure provided along the front wall and the rear wall of the hive chamber for reception of the removable frame in a front-to-rear orientation, the frame serving as a supporting base for the production of a honeycomb and being removable from the hive chamber for extraction of honey from the honeycomb; and
at least one cover that closes the hive chamber from an external environment, wherein
the hive chamber comprises a grooved pattern extending along interior surfaces of at least the two side walls, grooves in the grooved pattern having a depth of between about 1 mm and about 6 mm and a width of about 1 mm and about 6 mm, and
the grooved pattern is spaced apart from the frame reception structure, with the grooves in the grooved pattern arranged in a predetermined and repeatable pattern.