ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,558, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HIIVE UG (haftungsbeschrankt) (Teltow, Germany).
"Beehive and method for producing a beehive" was invented by Philip Potthast (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a beehive comprising: an interior construction (1) that has an inner cavity (3) designed to be occupied by a bee colony and to accommodate honeycomb built by the colony; a support device (2) in which the interior construction (1) is received; and an insulation device (4) which is received on the support device (2) and has a layered construction. The layered construction comprises: a vapour-control layer (5) ...