Honeycomb

A molded plastic honeycomb for use in a hive super including

• molded outer faces spread from and substantially parallel to each other and with each outer face including a plurality of integrally molded regularly spaced full depth hexagonally shaped cells extending inwardly and with each cell sloping downward at an angle substantially equal to the angle of a natural honeycomb cell and with the bottom wall of each cell formed as a truncated pyramid substantially similar to the shape of a natural honeycomb cell and with the depth of each cell substantially equal to the depth of a natural honeycomb cell,
• each outer face also including integrally molded elongated openings located adjacent a top edge of the molded honeycomb for receiving a hive tool for removing the molded honeycomb from a hive super, and
• arm members integrally molded with and outwardly extending from the sides of the molded plastic honeycomb and with each arm member at an upper position along a side and with the arm members for use in supporting the molded plastic honeycomb within the hive super, and
• the honeycomb formed from two substantially identical molded half sections each having an inner face and additionally including locking means for providing locking between the two half sections and with the inner faces facing each other and wherein the locking means include rib portions extending outwardly from each inner face and complementary recesses in each inner face and with the extending rib portions and the recesses positioned along the edges of the half sections so that one half section rotated 180.degree. will mate with another identical half section to form the complete honeycomb.

A molded plastic honeycomb formed by two substantially identical half sections, and with each half section including

• a front face and a back face,
• the front face including a plurality of regularly spaced hexagonally shaped cells extending inwardly from the front face and with each cell having a size, shape and configuration substantially equal to the size, shape and configuration of a natural honeycomb cell,
• the backface including elongated recesses extending along the top, bottom and side edges of the half section to lighten the weight of the half section and with the top, bottom and sides having substantially flush surfaces and additionally including rib members periodically spaced along the elongated recesses, and
• locking portions for providing locking between the back faces of two half sections to produce a single plastic honeycomb from the two half sections and with the plastic honeycomb having opposite front faces including the cells for the immediate depositing of honey or eggs.