A beehive for commercial or recreational beekeeping comprises: a plurality of frames and honeycomb frames in a beehive chamber; a mechanism for removing the honeycomb frames from the beehive chamber and inserting the honeycomb frames thereinto; a barrier, planar elements, fluid barrier, or any combination thereof adapted to move the honeycomb frames through while exiting the beehive chamber and to propel bees off the honeycomb frame while making sure the bees remain inside the beehive chamber.

A beehive for commercial or recreational beekeeping comprises: a plurality of frames and honeycomb frames in a beehive chamber; a mechanism for removing the honeycomb frames from the beehive chamber and inserting the honeycomb frames thereinto; a barrier, planar elements, fluid barrier, or any combination thereof adapted to move the honeycomb frames through while exiting the beehive chamber and to propel bees off the honeycomb frame while making sure the bees remain inside the beehive chamber.

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.

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.

A beehive assembly that includes first, second and third stacked box-like hive sections that are securely interconnected by specially designed corner brackets. An important feature of the beehive assembly resides in the provision of a novel temperature control apparatus that is connected to the first box-like hive section for controlling the temperature of the interior chambers of the bee hive assembly. The temperature control apparatus here comprises a thermoelectric plate, an electrical power source operably associated with the thermoelectric plate and a plurality of fans for circulating the heated air within the hive.

A beehive assembly that includes first, second and third stacked box-like hive sections that are securely interconnected by specially designed corner brackets. An important feature of the beehive assembly resides in the provision of a novel temperature control apparatus that is connected to the first box-like hive section for controlling the temperature of the interior chambers of the bee hive assembly. The temperature control apparatus here comprises a thermoelectric plate, an electrical power source operably associated with the thermoelectric plate and a plurality of fans for circulating the heated air within the hive.

The frame (1) with sensors (3) for sampling the contents of the honeycomb based on the method of absorption spectroscopy, includes a honeycomb foundation (2) within which are sensors (3) connected by a parallel bundle of wires (4) to a central microprocessor unit with memory (5) which is connected to the power supply unit (6) and the communication subsystem (7) so that the behavior of the bees and the usual manipulation of the beekeepers are preserved. The system refers to the field of application of electrical engineering for monitoring biological systems, and specifically to sensory monitoring of bee colonies by determining the content of honeycombs within the brood chamber of the frame. The system finds application in beekeeping for non-invasive remote control of bee colonies in the subject hive.

The frame (1) with sensors (3) for sampling the contents of the honeycomb based on the method of absorption spectroscopy, includes a honeycomb foundation (2) within which are sensors (3) connected by a parallel bundle of wires (4) to a central microprocessor unit with memory (5) which is connected to the power supply unit (6) and the communication subsystem (7) so that the behavior of the bees and the usual manipulation of the beekeepers are preserved. The system refers to the field of application of electrical engineering for monitoring biological systems, and specifically to sensory monitoring of bee colonies by determining the content of honeycombs within the brood chamber of the frame. The system finds application in beekeeping for non-invasive remote control of bee colonies in the subject hive.

A beekeeping apparatus includes a bottom side having an arcuate groove defined therein, the arcuate groove being sized and dimensioned to correspond to the rim of a repository; and a top side including a recessed area defined therein, the recessed area being sized and dimensioned to correspond to a beekeeping frame, and a plurality of generally rectangular openings defined through the recessed area, the rectangular openings each being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain a portion of a beekeeping frame, and collectively being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain portions of different sizes of beekeeping frames.

A beekeeping apparatus includes a bottom side having an arcuate groove defined therein, the arcuate groove being sized and dimensioned to correspond to the rim of a repository; and a top side including a recessed area defined therein, the recessed area being sized and dimensioned to correspond to a beekeeping frame, and a plurality of generally rectangular openings defined through the recessed area, the rectangular openings each being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain a portion of a beekeeping frame, and collectively being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain portions of different sizes of beekeeping frames.