AU2021103106A4

AU2021103106A4 - Device for trapping and killing wax moth

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Publication number: AU2021103106A4
Application number: AU2021103106A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Lan Cao; Lijiao Gao; Conghui JI; Jialin Liu; Wenhua Luo; Qin REN; Ruisheng WANG; Jinlong Yang
Original assignee: Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences
Current assignee: Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences
Priority date: 2021-06-04
Filing date: 2021-06-04
Publication date: 2021-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-04

Abstract

The present utility model relates to the field of pest control devices in Chinese honey bee apiaries, in particular to a device for trapping and killing a 5 wax moth. The device includes a trapping and killing box, wherein the trapping and killing box is provided with an entrance for the wax moth to enter, an inner bag is arranged in the trapping and killing box, an opening of the inner bag is connected to the entrance, and several trapping and killing rolls are arranged in the inner bag. In use, sugar and beeswax are mixed with a small amount of 10 trichlorfon on the trapping and killing roll at a ratio of 1:1, so as to attract the greater wax moth to enter and lay eggs, and cause the greater wax moth to enter the inner bag through the entrance of the trapping and killing box to be trapped and killed, such that the phenomenon that the greater wax moth enters the beehive to lay eggs and harms a honey bee swarm may be prevented. Moreover, 15 the device is efficient and environmentally friendly, and has the features of delaying pest resistance to insecticide, reducing a control cost, and producing no pollution to the honey bee swarm and products. 2/2 1/15 7 °06 FIG. 2 FIG. 3

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DEVICE FOR TRAPPING AND KILLING WAX MOTH

Technical Field The present utility model relates to the field of pest control devices in Chinese honey bee apiaries, in particular to a device for trapping and killing a wax moth. Background Art At present, greater wax moths are main enemies of Chinese honey bees during beekeeping production. They lays eggs at gaps after entering beehives, and their larvae quickly destroy honeycombs of the honey bees, and even cause the honey bees to fly away in severe cases. The greater wax moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are the main enemies of the Chinese honey bees, and have four developmental stages of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults as holometabolous insects, among which their larvae are also known as wax-moth larvae or honeycomb moth larvae. In nature, the greater wax moths are nocturnal, and look for honey beehives that can feed their larvae with beeswax crumbs, honey, pollen, etc. after mating at night. They enter the beehives when honey bee swarms are in poor guard, and lay eggs in the corners or gaps of the beehives, up to 600-1,000 eggs within 3-5 days, which can be hatched into larvae within a few days under the condition of proper temperature in the beehives, and the hatched larvae (the wax-moth larvae) can quickly destroy the honeycombs, steal the honey and pollen, harm honey bee swarms and cause them to fly away. It is difficult for beekeepers to find that the honey bee swarms are invaded by the greater wax moths,, which cannot be easily found even if the beehives are opened for inspection due to the fact that the wax-moth larvae are usually hidden in the middles of the honeycombs unless a large number of honey bee pupae are caused to die when the greater wax moths invade the honey bee pupae on the honeycombs. At present, there are no special control measures of the greater wax moth outside beehives except artificial swatting.

It's hard to discover the greater wax moths in the daytime. The beekeepers can only swat them only after opening the beehives, so the detection rate and swatting accuracy are extremely low. At present, a beehive honeycomb door is large enough for the greater wax moths to enter and leave freely. Once the greater wax moths enter the beehives after mating, the eggs laid in the gaps in the beehives will be hatched into the larvae (the wax-moth larvae), and only after honey bee brood combs are damaged by the wax-moth larvae, the beekeepers can easily find out the greater wax moths and start to use trichlorfon and other chemicals to control them. Such a control method not only damages the honey bee brood combs, but also easily causes chemical residues in honey bee products. Therefore, it is necessary to design a device for trapping and killing adult greater wax moths before they enter the beehives, so as to reduce damage of the greater wax moths to the Chinese honey bees at source and avoid harm of the wax-moth larvae to honey bee industry production. Summary of the Invention In view of this, an objective of the present utility model is to provide a device for trapping and killing a wax moth. The device may trap and kill the wax moth, and prevent the phenomenon that the greater wax moth enters a beehive to lay eggs and therefore harms a honey bee swarm. In order to achieve the above objective, the present utility model provides the following technical solution: the present utility model provides the device for trapping and killing the wax moth. The device includes a trapping and killing box, wherein the trapping and killing box is provided with an entrance for the wax moth to enter, an inner bag is arranged in the trapping and killing box, an opening of the inner bag is connected to the entrance, and several trapping and killing rolls are arranged in the inner bag.

Further, the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model further includes a support device for placing the trapping and killing box, the support device including a support column and a support plate, and the support plate being arranged at an upper end of the support column, and the trapping and killing box is arranged on the support plate. Further, a support frame is arranged on the support plate, and a rain shelter plate for sheltering from rain is arranged on the support frame, and the rain shelter plate being located above the trapping and killing box. Further, the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model further includes an attraction lamp which is arranged opposite the entrance and is used for attracting the wax moth, the attraction lamp being mounted on the rain shelter plate. Further, a box cover is arranged on a side surface of one side, facing the attraction lamp, of the trapping and killing box, and the entrance is arranged on the box cover. Further, one end, located in the inner bag, of the trapping and killing roll gradually decreases in diameter to form a thin strip shape, and the trapping and killing roll is made of wax paper. Further the rain shelter plate is made of transparent and light materials. Further, a heating pipe is arranged inside the trapping and killing box. Further, a distance between the attraction lamp and the entrance is 30-40 cm, and the trapping and killing roll is 5-10 cm long and 0.5-1 cm in diameter. Further, the support column is made of an electric telescopic rod. The present utility model has the beneficial effects: in use, sugar and beeswax are mixed with a small amount of trichlorfon on the trapping and killing roll at a ratio of 1:1, so as to attract the greater wax moth to enter and lay eggs, and cause the greater wax moth to enter the inner bag through the entrance of the trapping and killing box to be trapped and killed, such that the phenomenon that the greater wax moth enters the beehive to lay eggs and harms the honey bee swarms may be prevented. Moreover, the device is efficient and environmentally friendly, and has the features of delaying pest resistance to insecticide, reducing a control cost, producing no pollution to the honey bee swarm and products, etc. Brief Description of the Drawings In order to make an objective, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present utility model clearer, the present utility model provides the following accompanying drawings for description: FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of a device for trapping and killing a wax moth of the present utility model; FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment of the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model; and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a trapping and killing roll in the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model. Description of reference numerals: 1-trapping and killing box; 2-entrance; 3-inner bag; 4-trapping and killing roll; 5-attraction lamp; 6-support column; 7-support plate; 8-support frame; 9-rain shelter plate; 10-box cover; and 11-heating pipe. Description of Embodiments The following will further describe the present utility model with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with particular embodiments, such that a person of ordinary skill in the art may better understand the present utility model and implement the same, but the cited embodiments are not taken as limitation on the present utility model. FIG.1 and FIG. 2 are a front view and a side view of an embodiment of a device for trapping and killing a wax moth of the present utility model respectively. The device includes a trapping and killing box 1, the trapping and killing box 1 being provided with an entrance 2 for the wax moth to enter. The entrance 2 in this embodiment is set to be a round with a diameter of 20-25 cm.

An inner bag 3 is arranged in the trapping and killing box 1, an opening of the inner bag 3 is connected to the entrance 2, and several trapping and killing rolls 4 are arranged in the inner bag 3. Particularly, in this embodiment, the trapping and killing box 1 is made of a cuboid wooden box, whose length, width and height are all set to fall within 30-40 cm, a thickness of a box wall is set to fall within 0.8-2 cm, and the diameter of the entrance 2 is set to fall within 20-25cm. Further, the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model further includes a support device for placing the trapping and killing box 1, the support device including a support column 6 and a support plate 7, and the support plate 7 being arranged at an upper end of the support column 6, and the trapping and killing box 1 is arranged on the support plate 7. The support column 6 may be used for supporting and adjusting a height. In this embodiment, the support column has a height set to fall within 2-5 m, and is preferably 3 m higher than a beehive in particular conditions. In use, the support column is mounted at a back surface or a side surface of the beehive. Further, a support frame 8 is arranged on the support plate 7 of this embodiment, and a rain shelter plate 9 for sheltering from rain is arranged on the support frame 8, the rain shelter plate 9 being located above the trapping and killing box 1. The rain shelter plate 9 may shelter the trapping and killing box 1 from wind and rain, so as to prevent the trapping and killing box from being eroded by the wind and rain after long-term use, and may prolong a service life of the trapping and killing box 1. Further, the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model further includes an attraction lamp 5 which is arranged opposite the entrance 2 and is used for attracting the wax moth, the attraction lamp 5 being mounted on the rain shelter plate 9. The attraction lamp 5 is arranged on one side opposite the entrance 2, which may increase attraction to the wax moth and make the wax moth get close to the entrance 2 of the trapping and killing box 1. Particularly, in this embodiment, an attraction lamp with a wavelength of

320-370 nm is used, and lamplight with a special wave band is utilised to attract the greater wax moth and reduce an attraction degree to other insects. Further, a box cover 10 is arranged on a side surface of one side, facing the attraction lamp 5, of the trapping and killing box 1 of this embodiment, and the entrance 2 is arranged on the box cover 10. The box cover 10 may be opened, so as to facilitate cleaning of an interior of the trapping and killing box 1. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, one end, located in the inner bag 3, of the trapping and killing roll 4 of this embodiment gradually decreases in diameter to form a thin strip shape, and therefore form a structure which is easy in entrance and difficult in exit, and the trapping and killing roll 4 is made of wax paper. Further, the rain shelter plate 9 of this embodiment is made of transparent and light materials. Further, a heating pipe 11 of this embodiment is arranged inside the trapping and killing box 1. Particularly, in this embodiment, several heating pipes 11 are arranged parallel to one another at a bottom of the trapping and killing box 1, so as to facilitate heating of an interior of the trapping and killing box 1 when an air temperature is relatively low and attracting of the wax moth

to enter, a heating temperature of the heating pipe is set to fall within 25-32C,

and if a night temperature reaches 25C or higher, the heating pipe 11 may be

turned off. Further, a distance between the attraction lamp 5 and the entrance 2 in this embodiment is 30-40 cm. According to habits of the wax moth, the distance between the attraction lamp 5 and the entrance 2 is set to fall within 30-40 cm, which may make the wax moth be more easily attracted into the inner bag 3 of the trapping and killing box 1. Further, the support column 6 of this embodiment is made of an electric telescopic rod. The electric telescopic rod may adjust a height of the support column in an automatic way, thereby adjusting a height of the trapping and killing box 1 and facilitating operation of taking a wax moth body out. In addition, in this embodiment, a switch of a drive mechanism for controlling the heating pipe 11 and controlling and driving the electric telescopic rod to stretch out and draw back is arranged on the support column 6, so as to facilitate operation. In use, sugar and beeswax are mixed with a small amount of trichlorfon on the trapping and killing roll 4 at a ratio of 1:1, so as to attract the greater wax moth to enter and lay eggs under the cooperation action of the attraction lamp 5, and cause the greater wax moth to enter the inner bag through the entrance of the trapping and killing box to be trapped and killed, such that the phenomenon that the greater wax moth enters the beehive to lay eggs and harms a honey bee swarm may be prevented. Moreover, the device is efficient and environmentally friendly, and has the features of delaying pest resistance to insecticide, reducing a control cost, producing no pollution to the honey bee swarm and products, etc. In the evening, after honey bees enter the beehive, a power supply is connected to turn on the attraction lamp 5, and usage time is measured on the basis of the number of greater wax moths collected in the trapping and killing box 1. When the greater wax moths attracted in the trapping and killing box 1 decrease from a large number to zero, the device may be stopped for at least half a month. The device is started at night and closed during daytime, the inner bag is taken out during the daytime, and dead bodies of greater wax moths are taken out. According to the above embodiments, it may be concluded that the device for trapping and killing the wax moth of the present utility model attracts adults of greater wax moths into the trapping and killing box by utilising the lamplight with the special wave band, so as to prevent the phenomenon that the greater wax moths enter the beehive to lay eggs and harm the honey bee swarm. The device is efficient and environmentally friendly, has the features of delaying the drug resistance of pests, reducing a control cost, and having no pollution to the honey bee swarm, thus reducing the damage of the greater wax moths to honey bees at source. The above embodiments are merely preferred embodiments cited for fully describing the present utility model, and the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto. Equivalent substitutions or transformations made by a person of ordinary skill in the art on the basis of the present utility model fall within the protection scope of the present utility model. The protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the claims.

Claims

1. A device for trapping and killing a wax moth, characterized in that it comprises a trapping and killing box (1), wherein the trapping and killing box (1) is provided with an entrance (2) for the wax moth to enter, an inner bag (3) is arranged in the trapping and killing box (1), an opening of the inner bag (3) is connected to the entrance (2), and several trapping and killing rolls (4) are arranged in the inner bag (3).

2. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a support device for placing the trapping and killing box (1), the support device comprising a support column (6) and a support plate (7), and the support plate (7) being arranged at an upper end of the support column (6), and the trapping and killing box (1) is arranged on the support plate (7).

3. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 2, characterized in that a support frame (8) is arranged on the support plate (7), and a rain shelter plate (9) for sheltering from rain is arranged on the support frame (8), the rain shelter plate (9) being located above the trapping and killing box (1).

4. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises an attraction lamp (5) which is arranged opposite the entrance (2) and is used for attracting the wax moth, the attraction lamp (5) being mounted on the rain shelter plate (9).

5. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that a box cover (10) is arranged on a side surface of one side, facing the attraction lamp (5), of the trapping and killing box (1), and the entrance (2) is arranged on the box cover (10).

6. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that one end, located in the inner bag (3), of the trapping and killing roll (4) gradually decreases in diameter to form a thin strip shape, and the trapping and killing roll (4) is made of wax paper.

7. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that the rain shelter plate (9) is made of transparent and light materials.

8. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that a heating pipe (11) is arranged inside the trapping and killing box (1).

9. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 1, characterized in that a distance between the attraction lamp (5) and the entrance (2) is 30-40 cm, and the trapping and killing roll (4) is 5-10 cm in length and 0.5-1 cm in diameter.

10. The device for trapping and killing the wax moth according to claim 2, characterized in that the support column (6) is made of an electric telescopic rod.