ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,987, issued on April 29, was assigned to YILDIRIM PLASTIK MAKINE VE KALIP IMALAT INSAAT TURIZM SANAYI VE TICARET Ltd. SIRKETI (Istanbul).
"Multipurpose separator used to provide bee entrance to and exit from a beehive and colony management" was invented by Muzaffer Yildirim (Istanbul).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to separators (1) that regulate bees' entrance to and exit from a hive according to various seasonal and usage requirements, that are provided with several bee entrance-exit holes (6) that allow a bee colony to enter to and exit from a hive, and that are provided with at least one primary cover (3) and ...