Improvements to Apiculture
AssigneeFlowBee Australia Pty. Ltd.
InventorsCedar Anderson, Stuart Anderson
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Abstract
An artificial honeycomb for use in a beehive and which enables honey to be removed from the honeycomb without removing the honeycomb from the hive, the honeycomb comprising cells and being formed of at least two parts which are moveable relative to each other between a cell formed position where the cells comprise side walls and an end wall to enable bees to fill the cell with honey, and a cell open position where at least some of the said walls have moved apart, whereby honey in the cells can be removed from the honeycomb by movement of the at least two parts to the cell open position.
Claims20
An artificial honeycomb for use in a beehive and which enables honey to be removed from the honeycomb without removing the honeycomb from the hive, the honeycomb comprising cells formed of at least two parts which are moveable relative to each other between a cell formed position where the cells comprise side walls to enable bees to fill the cell with honey, and a cell open position where at least some of the side walls have moved so that the honey flows from the honeycomb in a lateral direction to the cells for the depth of the cells.
A container for a beehive including at least one honeycomb, the honeycomb including parts defining cells, the container configured to:
- contain the honeycomb;
- and
- include an actuator for actuating relative movement between the parts in the container so that honey flows in a lateral direction to the cells for the depth of the cells.
An actuator for a beehive including at least one honeycomb, the honeycomb including parts defining cells, the beehive further including a container for containing the honeycomb, the actuator configured to actuate relative movement between the parts in the container so that honey flows in a lateral direction to the cells for the depth of the cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.