...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7063592 | Method and apparatus for the removal and handling of honey frames from beehive boxes A system and method for the removal, handling, and inspection of honey frames from beehive boxes. The system includes a handle bar positioned on the top plate of an improved frame structure. The handle bar retains two threaded T-bolts that are aligned with threaded ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6702645 | Separating parasites from bees A separator for facilitating removal of parasites from bees. The separator includes a bee filtration screen configured to receive bees, to allow passage of parasites therethrough, and to restrict passage of bees therethrough. An agitator is provided to ag... | 03/09/2004 |
| 5993288 | Universal beehive support and beehive construction A beehive support structure has a lowermost section forming a nest floor which is supported so that it can be slid out. Above the lowermost section, the structure is adapted to support one or more honey floors. The frame-support structure can be adjusted ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5662511 | Honey frame feeding apparatus Apparatus for feeding honey frames into a Cook & Beals automatic rotary cutter uncapping machine, the apparatus providing a pair of spaced horizontal conveyors from which are suspended honey frames to be fed into a Cook & Beals machine. The horizontal con... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5326304 | Extractor for recovering royal jelly from artificial honeycomb lathes A rotationally-driven piston used as an extractor for recovering bee's royal jelly in the use of which a mixture of lavre and royal jelly is expelled by centrifugal force against a lavre-removal screen which results in only the royal jelly continuing ther... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4867731 | Detection of infestation of bees A process and apparatus for detection of infestation of bees by organisms, such as parasites, particularly mites, in beehives, packages, and cages. The process and detector have a replaceable insert with an upwardly facing adhesive trapping surface with a... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4328743 | Honeycomb cappings compressor A compressor for separating honey from honeycomb cappings in which two side-by-side endless conveyors converge and form a trough through which cappings are progressively compressed from inlet and to discharge end along the fixed bottom of the trough by me... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4176416 | Bee frame caddy There is described a bee frame caddy useful in supporting, storing, manipulating or inspecting bee frames, which may be laden with brood and honey, thereby facilitating various beekeeping operations. The caddy comprises a holding rack, having a rectangula... | 12/04/1979 |