Improvements in Bee Hives.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFT
TION.
Improvements in Bee Hives.
I, JAMES ANDREWS ABBOTT of 23 Merchant's Quay, Dublin, Ireland, Manufacturer
of Bee Hives, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in bee hives and is especially designed
for the purpose of facilitating the fixing or securing of the sheets of wax commercially
known as "comb foundations," in the receptacles known as frames or sections in which
the bees build their combs.
Hitherto this has been done by splitting the top side of the frame or section and
simply dropping the comb foundation through same whereby the foundation was held
suspended from the top edge and was not secured at its vertical edges.
According to my invention the foundation is held not only by its top edge but also
by its side edges, and this I accomplish by slitting the top and vertical sides of the
frame or section in two parts leaving the bottom side intact.
The comb of foundation is then inserted by springing the parts thus divided and
placing the foundation between, whereupon the parts will close, and thus the top and
vertical edges of the foundation are securely held in position.
The frame or section is then placed in the hive with a number of others similarly
arranged wherein they are retained "en block" by the usual, or any suitable means that
may be found convenient.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1896
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
9 Westland Row, Dublin, Agents for Applicant.
L, JAMES ANDREWS ABBOTT, of 23 Merchant's Quay, Dublin, Ireland, Manufacturer
of Bee Hives, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention has reference to improvements in bee hives, and is especially
designed for the purpose of facilitating the fixing or securing of the sheets of wax
commercially known as "comb foundations" in the receptacles known as frames, or
sections in which the bees build their combs.
Hitherto this has been done by splitting the top side of the frame, or section and
simply dropping the comb foundation through same, whereby the foundation was held
suspended from the top edge and was not secured at its vertical edges.
According to my invention the foundation is held, not only by its top edge, but also
by its side edges and this I accomplish by slitting the top and also the vertical sides of
the frame, or section leaving the bottom side only intact.

page_text: The comb foundation is then inserted by springing the parts thus divided, and
placing the foundation between, whereupon the parts will close and thus the top and
vertical edges of the foundation are securely held in position.
The frame or section is then placed in the hive with a number of other frames or
sections similarly arranged and are retained "en bloc" by the usual, or any suitable
means that may be found convenient.
The accompanying drawings will enable my said invention to be more readily
understood and carried into practice.
Fig. 1. is an end view of one of the frames or sections shewing the comb foundation
held in position as above described.
Fig. 2. is a side view of same shewing the sides and top sprung to receive the comb
foundation, and
Fig. 3. is a side view of a larger frame, a number of which are usually arranged in
the lower portion of the bee hive which is usually permanently inhabited by the bees.
The comb foundation is inserted in the larger frame in the same manner as in the
case of the smaller frames, or sections above described, and the slitted parts may be
held together either by a clamping device at each of the projecting ends of the top bar
or by being pressed together in the bee hive in the usual way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inve
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In connection with bee hives, the method as herein described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings whereby the comb foundation is arranged in the frames or
sections, substantially for the purpose specified.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1897
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
9 Westland Row, Dublin, Agents for Applicant.