Bee-benign artificial honeycomb

A frame for a beehive comprising:

• a pair of opposite frame sidewalls extending across a width dimension of the frame, the frame having a length dimension extending between the pair of opposite frame sidewalls;
• and
• a plurality of fixed first sections and a plurality of moveable second sections laterally stacked between the frame sidewalls and configured to define an artificial honeycomb comprising a plurality of honeycomb cells,
• wherein:
• the first and second sections are oriented parallel with the frame sidewalls and alternately arranged along the length dimension of the frame,
• the second sections are laterally slidable relative to the first sections between an open position for release of honey from the plurality of honeycomb cells and a closed position for storage of honey in the plurality of honeycomb cells,
• each of the first sections comprises a first series of honeycomb cell portions of the artificial honeycomb and each of second sections comprises a second series of honeycomb cell portions of the artificial honeycomb, wherein the first series of honeycomb cell portions and the second series of honeycomb cell portions are arranged in opposed pairs;
• each of the first series of honeycomb cell portions and each of the second series of honeycomb cell portions respectively comprises a pair of outer longitudinal cell edges and a cell wall extending therebetween configured to be arranged in registration with each other when in the closed position to form the plurality of honeycomb cells for the storage of the honey;
• at least one of the pair of outer longitudinal cell edges of each of the plurality of honeycomb cells is non-contiguous and shaped to define a space relative to a counterpart and opposed cell edge of the pair of outer longitudinal cell edges to avoid catching a limb of a bee when moving from the open position to the closed position;
• and
• the space is selected from the group consisting of an outwardly diverging space, an inwardly diverging space, a V-cut taper, a round cut taper, a stepped cut taper, and a partial cut taper.