Fecha de publicación: 27/01/2002 Fuente: WIPO "apiculture" FIELD: apiculture. SUBSTANCE: hive has basic and honey casings with bee entrances, comb building devices, inclined roof and vent openings. Comb building devices are made in the form of wooden poles with stepped ends. Basic casing is formed as double-walled hexahedral prism with double bottom and ceiling arranged in upper part of prism. Prism internal wall and ceiling are made collapsible. Internal bottom part and ceiling of basic casing are equipped with openings for fixing poles and internal wall, with number of openings in bottom and ceiling being twice the number of poles. Honey casing is formed as single-wall hexahedral prism with collapsible ceiling equipped with opening for retaining honey casing poles. Comb building device provides for comfortable survival of bee family and convenient working conditions for bee keeper. EFFECT: simplified construction and increased efficiency. 3 cl, 5 dwg