DD141986A1 - DEVICE FOR HEATING A BEEHEAD - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for heating a hive to improve the micro-climate by arranging a Frischluftzufuehrungskanals. It serves the development of fully efficient bee colonies in the spring, especially their health. The task is to heat up the fresh air required by the bee colonies before entering the hive's interior, without reducing the amount of oxygen and supplying this fresh air, which has been enriched with natural moisture from the atmosphere, to the bee colonies. The fresh air supply channel is arranged vertically and in the beehive system between an outer and inner insulating wall, which limits the interior of the hive and above has a closed with grating Üebertrittskanal to the interior of the hive. The fresh air supply channel has at the bottom a likewise with a grid outwardly closed entrance opening, which lies with the flight hole in a plane. Immediately after this entrance opening a large-area heating element in the fresh air supply channel and in the upper area in front of the Uebertrittskanal a temperature controller attached.

Description

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Title of the invention

Device for heating a hive

Field of application of the invention

The invention relates to a device for heating a hive to improve the micro-climate by arranging a fresh air supply duct. The device is suitable both as an additional device for existing as well as a component newly produced beehives.

Characteristic of the known technical solutions

There are measures, devices and devices that are used for beekeeping.They have developed beehives as single hives, droves, log cabbages and thermally well diversified hives.Almost exclusively emphasis was placed on good husbandry, ease of work and thermal advantages There are different methods, such as the two-strong operation, which is very labor-intensive and often does not bring the desired result by disturbances or disharmony in the peoples .. In addition, a two-pack operation is economically unprofitable, since in the spring to exploit the early costume of two peoples made a people, to generate income.

In the past, u.a. also developed a "device for heating a hive" (DT-AS 2β2β26θ), which is suitable for subsequent uptake in hives and serves as an additional heating. This surface heating element in the form of a honeycomb is electrically heated. However, as bee colonies require large amounts of oxygen-rich fresh air, this is added. often very low outside air temperatures in the outside

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This cold air flow (0.4 to 1.0 liter per second) often leads to colds on the breeding areas and the brood dies. Also, after some time, a decrease in humidity below 40 % noticeable and the eggs can no longer hatch. The gross activity is limited by the inflowing cold air. Furthermore, facilities in specially prepared bees are also known, which are designed to regulate the moisture balance, but have no artificial heat source (DT-PS 834 790).

Aim of the invention;

The aim of the invention is to develop in the spring fully efficient bee colonies, which are immediately able to achieve from the abundance of flowering in the spring crops through honey yield and pollination services, a higher economic benefit to society, the cost of costs and material is reduced. Above all, the invention also serves to maintain the health of the bees. For example, up to 40 % of the peoples are now subject to losema (spring loss), which is almost completely eliminated by the invention. Disturbances and disharmony as a result of the consolidation of peoples, as well as chills and the death of the brood, are to be avoided.

Explanation of the essence of the invention

- The technical task

The object of the invention is to heat the fresh air required by the colonies before entering the interior of the hive, without reducing the proportion of oxygen and this still enriched with natural moisture from the atmosphere heated fresh air zuzuführeern the bee colonies.

Features of the invention

Feature of the invention is that the fresh air supply duct arranged vertically and in the system beehive between an outer insulating wall and an inner insulating wall

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is that delimits the interior of the hive and above a grating with a closed passage channel, and that the PrischiuftZuführungskanal immediately after its equipped with a grid and lying in the same plane as the plug hole inlet opening has a large area independent of a particular energy source heating element and in the upper channel area has a temperature controller.

In a simple way, e.g. designed the energy exchanger for the heating element as a light bulb. It is also advantageous to form the energy exchanger for the heating element as a pipe, which is flowed through by heated medium. In order to control the energy supply in dependence on the desired air temperature, the temperature controller is connected via a control element with the heating element heating energy exchanger and controls it.

In juxtaposed beehives or so-called Schrankbeuten conveniently arranged multiply Prischluftzuführungskanäle and their heating energy exchanger with a centrally located temperature controller via control elements. The device according to the invention is advantageously arranged as a separate additional device or as a structural unit in the hive system.

embodiment

In the accompanying drawing show:

1: a hive in execution of the so-called Normbeute in a perspective view,

Figure 2: a hive in longitudinal section along the line A-B.

The hive 1 has an air intake duct 3 vertically disposed between an outer insulating wall 5 and an inner insulating wall 12 at the front of the hive.

The fresh air supply channel 3 communicates with a passage channel 7 in connection, which under the ceiling 2 of the hive 1 through the inner insulating wall 12 in the interior of the 8th

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The Isoiierwände 5, 12 are filled with insulating material 13 to. especially in the cooler seasons to avoid heat loss. To accommodate a large-scale heating element 4 and the energy exchanger, the outer insulating wall 5 is pulled upwards according to the bottom and remains closed to the outside through its outer skin 14 except for an inlet opening 6 for the fresh air. The energy exchanger for the heating element 4 is mounted in side walls 15, 16, which also delimit the fresh air supply duct 3. When arranging a light bulb as an energy exchanger for the heating element 4, the receptacle 17 is mounted for the bulb in the side wall 16. On the hive 1, the inlet opening 6 and the plug hole 10 incorporated in the inner insulating wall 12 over the floor 18 are arranged in a plane. A control element, not shown in detail, is connected to a temperature regulator 9 arranged shortly before the transfer channel 7 and to the energy transmitter, e.g. Connected light bulb and causes, for example, the switching on and off of the electric current and thus the heating or cooling of the heating element. 4

If the bees at the flight hole 10 spent air from the interior 8 fanned, creates a measurable negative pressure in the interior 8 and preheated air is sucked from the fresh air supply channel 3 in the interior 8 through the transfer channel 7. Due to the large-area heating element 4, the passing fresh air is heated rapidly. If the temperature in the interior 8 drops below the temperature of the fresh air in the fresh air supply duct 3, a compensation takes place due to the thermal buoyancy in the fresh air supply duct 3. The inlet opening 6 for the fresh air is secured by a grid 11 against the ingress of bees, Likewise, the crossing channel 7 is closed, especially against the interior 8 against the ingress of bees in the fresh air supply channel with a grid 19. Advantageously, in the device according to the invention as an energy source, e.g. Use propane gas (easily transportable propane gas plants).

Claims (6)

210953-s invention claim 1. A device for heating a hive for improving the micro-climate by arranging a fresh air supply channel, characterized in that the fresh air supply channel (3) vertically and in the system beehive (1) between an outer insulating wall (5) and an inner insulating wall (12) is arranged , which bounds the interior (8) of the hive (1) and at the top a transfer gate closed with grids (19). • Channel (7), and that the fresh air supply channel (3) immediately after its with a grid (11) equipped / and in the same plane as the flight hole (10) lying inlet opening (6) a large area of a certain energy source independent heating element (4) ) and in the upper channel region has a temperature regulator (9). 2. Device according to item 1, characterized in that a light bulb is arranged as an energy exchanger for the heating element (4). 3. A device according to item 1, characterized in that is formed as an energy exchanger for the heating element (4) a flowed through with heated medium pipe. 4. Device according to the points 1 to 3, characterized in that the temperature controller (9) via a control,. which controls the supply of energy as a function of the desired air temperature at the transfer channel (7) for the heating element (4) to which the energy exchanger is connected. 5. Device according to points 1 to 4, characterized in that in juxtaposed beehives (1) or so-called Schrankbeuten multiply arranged fresh air supply channels (3) and their heating elements (4) heating energy exchanger only with a centrally located temperature controller (9) via control elements are connected. 6. Device according to the points 1 to 4, characterized in that the device is arranged as an additional device or as a structural unit in the system beehive (1).