Class 449: BEE CULTURE ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
449
BEE CULTURE

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> BEE CULTURE

1		METHOD
2		. Honeybee
3		HIVE
4		. For nonhoney producing bee
5		. With provision to extract honey
6		. Observation
7		. Multi-queen; e.g., swarm capture
8		. . Queen raising
9		. With feeder
10		. . Fitted in frame slot
11		. . Having external food supply
12		. With heater
13		. With ventilator
14		. . In cover
15		. Cover
16		. Alighting board
17		. Comb honey
18		. Having propolis collector
19		. Having pollen collector or applier
20		. Passage
21		. . Queen/drone control means
22		. . Moth control means
23		. . One-way passage
24		. . Adjustable
25		. . . Entrance
26		. Stand or hive container
27		. Transportation provision or swarm catcher
28		. . Queen bee
29		. Hive shell of particular material
30		. . Plastic or paper
31		. . Ceramic, clay or plaster
32		. Vertically stacked hive bodies
33		. . Directly accessible lower body
34		. . Congruent bodies
35		. Separable honey frame type
36		. . Pivoted honey frame
37		. . With honey frame spacer
38		. . Side opening hive
39		. . . Pivoting side
40		. . . . Vertical pivot
41		. . Laterally disposed compartments
42		. . Honey frame or honeycomb foundation details
43		. . . Snap fit together or of plastic
44		. . . Honeycomb foundation details
45		. . . . Strand or metal reinforced honeycomb foundation
46		. Side opening
47		VENOM COLLECTOR
48		FEEDER
49		BEE FOOD PREPARATION MEANS
50		BASE MOUNTED DEVICE
51		. Means to remove honey frame from hive
52		. Means to remove bees from hive
53		. Honey extraction device
54		. Honeycomb decapping device
55		. . Having heater
56		. Hive or frame cleaning
57		. Assembling device
58		. . Honeycomb foundation
59		. . . Honeycomb foundation wiring
60		. Honeycomb foundation former
61		RANDOMLY MANIPULATED DEVICE
62		. Plier type
63		. Honeycomb decapping device
64		. Hive body separating device

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification as of June 30, 2000

Class 449 BEE CULTURE

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
449
BEE CULTURE