A01K 47/06
Beehives: other details of beehives
Official title: Other details of beehives, e.g. ventilating devices, entrances to hives, guards, partitions or bee escapes
A01K47/06 (Beehives: other details of beehives) appears on 198 US grants and 259 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 198
- Published applications
- 259
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 458
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2019 | 3 | 15 |
| 2020 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 13 | 28 |
| 2022 | 18 | 24 |
| 2023 | 18 | 24 |
| 2024 | 18 | 33 |
| 2025 | 24 | 22 |
| 2026 | 10 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hive feed apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,432 B2Formtech Plastics Inc.
- Beehive frame cover25 Aug 2026US 12,714,074 B2Beewise Technologies LTD
- Smart, environmentally controlled, mobile enclosure system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,164 B2HiveTech Solutions Inc.
- Buoyant modular beehive apparatus31 Mar 2026US 12,588,662 B2
- Hive helper24 Mar 2026US 12,582,099 B1
- Bee Feeder9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191173 A1
- Floating Dowel Bee Feeder26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053119 A1
- System for the maritime transport of bees25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386806 A1c/o Universidad Mayor
- Electronic bee smoker methods and apparatus11 Dec 2025US 2025/0374895 A1Technically Beekeeping LLC
- Beehives and beehive stands13 Nov 2025US 2025/0344676 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pollen trap with cleaning grid25US 3,995,338 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1976
- Method for year-round utilization of pollinating insects such as bumble bees and constant temperature box for achieving this22US 5,895,310 ACats, Inc. · 1999
- Beehive-mounted device for utilizing honeybees (hymenoptera: apidae) in the dissemination of biocontrol agents20US 5,348,511 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1994
- Beehive heater19US 3,994,034 A1976
- Disposable biodegradable beehive17US 5,509,846 ABees West, Inc. · 1996