1979-06-19
1981-02-17
Chamblee, Hugh R.
A01K 5300
Patent
active
042505810
ABSTRACT:
A bee feeding apparatus including a container formed of a shock resistant plastic material and having a configuration including major top and bottom portions of a size substantially the same as the top opening of a beehive, the edges of the top and bottom portions being joined by sidewall portions having a height substantially less than the width thereof, the top and bottom portions being joined with sidewall portions in a curved section of substantial radius, the top portion including a plurality of raised rib sections symmetrically disposed about a recessed central section, the bottom portion including a raised central opening of a size slightly less than the recessed central section of the top portion, the bottom portion including a plurality of recessed rib sections symmetrically disposed about the raised central opening thereof, the recessed rib sections being of a size slightly larger than the corresponding raised rib sections of the top portion, a plurality of reinforcing members extending from the top portion to the bottom portion at points intermediate of the sidewall portions, a cover member with a plurality of substantially uniform openings disposed over the raised central opening and a mechanism for securing the cover to the central opening.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1056783 (1913-03-01), Enhelder
patent: 1116923 (1914-11-01), Rahn
patent: 3835487 (1974-09-01), Grigg
Chamblee Hugh R.
Urban Arthur L.
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