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Box, Bee

Object number2004.172.26 a-e

Manufacturer Rowan and Miller

Date1852-1920

OriginFreeport, PA

MediumWood; Paint; Metal

Credit LineMeadowcroft Collection

DescriptionLangstroth's Movable Comb Bee beehive box consisting of box and four frames.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 9 × 10.5 × 14.625 in. (22.9 × 26.7 × 37.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 4.688 × 7.5 × 0.625 in. (11.9 × 19.1 × 1.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 4.563 × 7.5 × 0.625 in. (11.6 × 19.1 × 1.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 4.625 × 7.5 × 0.625 in. (11.7 × 19.1 × 1.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (e): 4.625 × 7.563 × 0.625 in. (11.7 × 19.2 × 1.6 cm)
InscriptionsCarved Meadowcroft catalog number on top of lid "74.63.2" and on interior of top of honey frame structure "74.63.2A".

(b-c, e) Carved Meadowcroft catalog number on underside of frame "74.63.2A".

(d) Carved Meadowcroft catalog number on top side of frame "74.63.2A".
Marks(a)
Front of box has painted text "LANGSTROTH'S / MOVABLE COMB BEE / HIVE PATENTED OCT 5 / 1852 / MANUFACTURED BY ROWAN [possibly BOWAN] / & MILLER FREEPORT, PA."

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