US 7,390,238 B2
Beehive base device
Jean Pierre Le Pabic, 20, avenue des Accacias, 92 500 Rueil Malmaison (France)
Appl. No. 10/479,919
PCT Filed May 02, 2002, PCT No. PCT/FR02/01511
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 23, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/091816, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 01 06290 (FR), filed on May 14, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0064788 A1, Mar. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 449—2  [449/26] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device forming a base for a beehive comprising a framing having a shape that corresponds to the shape of the beehive, the framing having a hollow interior that includes, under a honeycomb disposed within the beehive and parallel to the honeycomb, at least one bar defining a pair of openings along opposite sides of the at least one bar and wherein the at least one bar is fixed to the framing by at least one crosspiece, wherein the at least one bar comprises several parallel bars, and wherein the spacing between the bars is between 1 and 5 millimeters.