Bee hive assembly.

摘要

A bee hive assembly comprising one or more hive elements (2) supported as a stack on a base element (3) and covered by a roof element (1). Each hive element comprises a frame (19) having at each of two opposite sides a window-like frame opening covered by a transparent panel (12). A liquid storage tank (8) is fittingly mounted in the frame opening inwardly of, and spaced from the transparent panel (12). The storage tank (8) has transparent walls, a removable cover (8') closing its upper side, and a drinking trough (53) formed at the bottom end of the rear wall of the tank and having a width smaller than the width of the body of a worker-bee. The tank is provided with liquid level control means (54, 55) for maintaining the liquid in the drinking trough (53) at a constant level which is accessible to the bees from the interior of the hive.