ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,792, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apiverte Inc. (Canada).
"Beehive enclosure and hive body" was invented by Sandra Bornn (La Peche, Canada) and Michael Smith (La Peche, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a hive body or a kit for assembling a hive body for use in a beehive enclosure, comprising: panels defining an interior space and an aperture configured to allow movement of the bees into the interior space; a brood chamber emplaced within the interior space, the brood chamber defining an internal cavity adapted for housing comb frames, and being displaceable between a stored position within the interior sp...