Beehive frame scraping tool

摘要

A beehive frame scraping tool that includes a head portion having a first cutaway section disposed upon a first side edge, a second cutaway section disposed upon a second side edge, a top side edge disposed endwise perpendicularly between the first side edge and the second side edge, wherein the first cutaway section includes a rectangular section cut away from the first side edge and the second cutaway section includes a generally triangular section cut away from the second side edge, wherein the first side edge is usable to scrape a frame along at least two perpendicularly adjacent surfaces, the second side edge is useable to clip foundation wire, pry and remove nails from said frame, a point edge is usable to scrape a foundation groove in a frame, and a square edge is usable to scrape a wedge slot of a frame, whereby honeycomb is more expediently harvested.

主权项

1. A beehive frame scraping tool for use with a frame of an extant beehive, said beehive frame scraping tool comprising:
a handle portion; a head portion with cutaway sections disposed upon the head portion, said head portion comprising:
a first side edge;a second side edge disposed generally parallel with the first side edge;a top side edge disposed endwise generally perpendicularly between the first side edge and the second side edge;a first cutaway section of the cutaway sections disposed generally centrally upon the first side edge, said first cutaway section forming a rectangular indentation upon the first side edge, wherein the first cutaway section has a length substantially equal to an aggregate length of each of a remaining portion of the first side edge combined together;a second cutaway section of the cutaway sections disposed in the second side edge, said second cutaway section forming a generally triangular indentation upon the second side edge proximal to the top side edge;a square edge disposed on the first side edge proximal the top side edge; anda point edge disposed on the second side edge proximal to the top side edge and the second cutaway section; wherein the top side edge is configured to cut honeycomb from the frame of the extant beehive and pry a foundation wedge from the frame, the first cutaway section is configured to scrape each of a flat surface of the frame of said beehive, the point edge is configured to scrape each of a foundation groove of the frame of said beehive, and the second cutaway section is configured to clip foundation wire and remove nails from the frame.