Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025552 | Artificial diets for honey bees The invention is directed to water-dispersible, substantially homogeneous artificial diets and diet formulations which provide honey bees with a fully nutritious, complex mixture of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins in an easily digestible form. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 6896579 | Method and apparatus for conditioning honey bees A method to condition honey bees to search for a non-rewarding producing target odor source enables bees to identify a number of chemical substances such as those associated with unexploded ordnances, land mines, and illicit drug laboratories. Further, the subject m... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6830499 | Beehive feeder A device for feeding bees, comprising a rigid heat-absorptive housing having a chamber therein, where the chamber has a bottom surface with a plurality of holes passing therethrough. The housing has an access port which allows a viscous syrup to be poured into the c... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6042453 | Frame holding bee feeder A feeding container for bees supports frames in a hollow interior and is placed in the interior of a beehive, to both feed bees and divide the interior. The feeding container is parallelepiped in shape with an open top and a capacity to hold a large amoun... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5423291 | Gravity feed butterfly feeder with mesh pad feeding stations A feeder for butterflies has a reservoir to contain a feeding solution. The neck of the reservoir has a head and at least one feeding station is connected to the head. The feeding station is in fluid communication with the reservoir. A mesh-like pad is di... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5377617 | Feeder with food protection grid A feeder with a food protection grid for butterflies and moths is described. The feeder includes a solid core on which food may be placed. A protective screen or mesh overlays and protects the core and the food secured thereon from consumption by various ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 4322862 | Apparatus and method for feeding bees An apparatus for feeding liquid bee food to bees includes a tank for heating and storing a bee feed liquid, a hollow, horizontally extending bee food distributor situated above the tank, a horizontally elongated, forwardly and downwardly inclined liquid g... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4308627 | Process for prevention of chalkbrood disease Process for the prevention of chalkbrood disease amongst leafcutter bees (Megachile species) including the step of dusting the entrance of nesting holes with sodium sulfathiazole whereby incoming bees must come in contact with the powder upon entering the... | 01/05/1982 |
