Experimental bee colony device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR OBSERVING AN EXPERIMENTAL BEE COLONY, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF SUPERPOSED RELATIVELY NARROW RECTANGULAR FRAMES EACH HAVING BOTTOM AND TOP MEMBERS JOINED BY END MEMBERS AND HAVING OPPOSING TRANSPARENT SIDE WALLS SECURED TO THE BOTTOM AND END MEMBERS AND FORMING A COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN COMMON TO BOTH SAID FRAMES, SAID BOTTOM AND TOP MEMBERS EACH HAVING A LONGITUDINAL OPENING THERETHROUGH; SUPPORT MEMBERS TRANSVERSELY CONNECTED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM; A CAPPLATE OVERLYING THE TOP OF THE UPPERMOST SAID FRAME AND CLOSING THE OPENING THEREIN; A SCREEN SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWERMOST SAID FRAME BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS FOR CLOSING THE OPENING THEREIN; A DIVIDER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FRAMES, SAID DIVIDER HAVING A VERTICAL OPENING THERETHROUGH; AND MANUALLY OPERATED BEE EXCLUDER MEANS SLIDABLY SECURED TO AND SPANNING THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER FOR SELECTIVELY EXCLUDING AND PERMITTING THE PASSAGE OF BEES THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER, SAID BEE EXCLUDER MEANS COMPRISING A SCREEN FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL RODS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS AND SLIDABLY EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARD FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID FRAME, A PANEL CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE SLIDABLY SUPERPOSED ON SAID SCREEN FOR CLOSING THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER IN COOPERATION WITH SAID INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SCREEN.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR OBSERVING AN EXPERIMENTAL BEE COLONY, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF SUPERPOSED RELATIVELY NARROW RECTANGULAR FRAMES EACH HAVING BOTTOM AND TOP MEMBERS JOINED BY END MEMBERS AND HAVING OPPOSING TRANSPARENT SIDE WALLS SECURED TO THE BOTTOM AND END MEMBERS AND FORMING A COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN COMMON TO BOTH SAID FRAMES, SAID BOTTOM AND TOP MEMBERS EACH HAVING A LONGITUDINAL OPENING THERETHROUGH; SUPPORT MEMBERS TRANSVERSELY CONNECTED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM; A CAPPLATE OVERLYING THE TOP OF THE UPPERMOST SAID FRAME AND CLOSING THE OPENING THEREIN; A SCREEN SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWERMOST SAID FRAME BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS FOR CLOSING THE OPENING THEREIN; A DIVIDER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FRAMES, SAID DIVIDER HAVING A VERTICAL OPENING THERETHROUGH; AND MANUALLY OPERATED BEE EXCLUDER MEANS SLIDABLY SECURED TO AND SPANNING THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER FOR SELECTIVELY EXCLUDING AND PERMITTING THE PASSAGE OF BEES THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER, SAID BEE EXCLUDER MEANS COMPRISING A SCREEN FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL RODS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS AND SLIDABLY EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARD FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID FRAME, A PANEL CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE SLIDABLY SUPERPOSED ON SAID SCREEN FOR CLOSING THE OPENING IN SAID DIVIDER IN COOPERATION WITH SAID INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID SCREEN.