Beehive enclosure and hive body

A hive body for use in a beehive enclosure comprising a front exterior panel including an opening dimensioned to allow bees to move therethrough and supports for mounting the hive body to the front exterior panel, the hive body comprising:

• a floor panel, a top panel, side panels, and a front panel having an aperture configured to allow movement of the bees into an interior space defined by the floor panel, the top panel, the side panels, and the front panel, the hive body further comprising:
• a brood chamber emplaced within the interior space, the brood chamber including end panels and side panels connected to the end panels and defining an internal cavity adapted for housing comb frames, said brood chamber being displaceable between a stored position within the interior space of the hive body and an inspection position in which said brood chamber is displaced outwards from the interior space of the hive body to thereby permit a beekeeper access to the internal cavity of the brood chamber;
• a queen excluder emplaced over the brood chamber, wherein the queen excluder is dimensioned to keep the bees or a queen bee within the internal cavity of the brood chamber;
• a honey chamber emplaced over the brood chamber;
• and a divider separating the honey chamber from the brood chamber, the honey chamber adapted for supporting housing honeycomb frames;
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• a rear door moveable between a closed position and an open position which enables the brood chamber to transition between the stored position and the inspection position, wherein the rear door is configured to matingly couple with the queen excluder and the divider when the rear door is moved into the closed position.

A beehive enclosure comprising:

• a hive body comprising:
• a floor panel, a top panel, side panels, and a front panel having an aperture configured to allow movement of bees into an interior space defined by the floor panel, the top panel, the side panels, and the front panel, the hive body further comprising:
• a brood chamber emplaced within the interior space, the brood chamber including end panels and side panels connected to the end panels and defining an internal cavity adapted for housing comb frames, said brood chamber being displaceable between a stored position within the interior space of the hive body and an inspection position when said brood chamber is displaced outwards from within interior space of the hive body;
• a queen excluder emplaced over the brood chamber, wherein the queen excluder is dimensioned to keep the bees or a queen bee within the internal cavity of the brood chamber;
• a honey chamber emplaced over the brood chamber;
• a divider separating the honey chamber from the brood chamber, the honey chamber adapted for supporting housing honeycomb frames;
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• a rear door moveable between a closed position and an open position which enables the brood chamber to be moved into the inspection position to thereby provide a beekeeper access to the internal cavity of the brood chamber to maintain the bees, wherein the rear door is configured to matingly couple with the queen excluder and the divider when the rear door is moved into the closed position;
• a front exterior panel including an opening dimensioned to allow the bees to move therethrough;
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• supports for mounting the hive body to the front exterior panel at a height above ground level that enables a beekeeper in a standing position to maintain the bees in the hive body.