DE895391C - Multi-racial prey - Google Patents

Description

It is known that a double people consisting of two single peoples placed one above the other for The time of high costume with only one queen not only doubles the honey yield, but many times as much can afford it.

The so-called skyscraper booty was created based on this property.

Because such skyscraper loots in their technical construction from those widespread in Germany and tried and tested bee dwellings differ fundamentally, so almost everyone in Germany can proven operating methods, due to and adapted to the prevailing costumes and weather conditions, not be carried out.

This deficiency compensates for the multicolored hive according to the invention in a perfect way, while they the includes special features of the well-known skyscraper method in an almost ideal way.

The multicolored hive according to the invention differs from the known essentially By the fact that the peoples placed on top of one another remain in it throughout the year, each individual people is one Thick honeycomb space occupied and, as with a normal single hive, easily for the beekeeper is directly accessible. In addition, each individual colony housed in the new multi-colony hive has one lateral partner, while between them a common expansion space and the common Entrance hole are present.

The technical structure can be seen from the drawings.

Fig. Ι shows the new multi-colony hive from the rear open dar;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section along the line AB of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front view;

Fig. 4 is a vertical partial section along the lines CD, EF of Fig. 3.

The rooms I ₁ II, III, IV, V and VI are, viewed separately, partial hives and how

Beehives of a known type, equipped with full honeycombs k in the brood chamber and half honeycombs I in the honey chamber; they can be introduced alternately in the transverse structure or in the leaf position. The spaces a, b, c, d, e, and f (Fig. I) arranged between and above the partial hives I to VI have the following provisions according to the invention: Space a is a large honey space that can accommodate excess bee masses from all six group colonies of a hive. It is also used to better ventilate the prey, to hang other covered brood combs around the neck, to deposit honey with rich full costumes and as a storage space for food combs when the peoples are resting.

Room b is a honeycomb on the side for the group colonies I and II and is also used to hang covered brood combs. The flying bees of group colonies I and II reach their common flight hole through space b. During the winter rest period, the volume in front of room b serves to shield the colonies from direct weather influences.

Like room b, room c is a lateral honeycomb and extension room for the group colonies I, II, III and IV, but without an entrance hole.

Rooms d and e are designed like room 5 and

fulfill the same purpose for group races III and IV or V and VI. Room / "is an equipment room.

All group colonies can be connected to each other for all worker bees by means of barriers or double barriers, namely directly on the one hand the group colonies of rooms I, III and V, on the other hand the group colonies of rooms II, IV, VI through the horizontally positioned double wire barriers η (Fig . 2); In addition, there are wooden round bar barriers 0 inserted vertically on the side, which indirectly establish the connection of the group peoples via rooms b, c, d, e (Fig. 4).

If required, all barriers can be replaced by deck boards, of which the side panels either have a through slot to the entrance hole or close in a bee-tight manner. For the latter case, rooms I to VI are each provided with a direct, round entrance hole f , which can be opened simply by folding down the flight boards q (Fig. 3). The well-known hiking niche r with hiking grille s is used for quick readiness for hikes (Fig. 2, 3.4)

If the new multi-racial hive is not permanently installed in the wagon, it can be folded back for hiking. The feet h attached to the doors are used for this purpose (Fig. 2 and 4). These feet are strong and worked in such a way that they fit into the corresponding fitting pieces i (Fig. 4) of another prey. They create the necessary distance for hiking and provide security against

Slipping. '

In addition to the usual window sash catches, strong wooden locking toggles g are used (Fig. 1). Their ends grip into corresponding depressions immediately behind the window frame. They are tensioned with the help of a joint and a locking screw t and additionally protect the entire honeycomb structure against falling out during transport (Fig. 1).

The new multi-racial hive is built as a twin, quadruplet and sextuplet. The drawing represents the Group hive as sextuplets. The system of all group hives is always the same, they differentiate only in the number of rooms and frames.

All bees of a group hive are to be addressed as a unit (colony with several queens). This readily reveals a number of great operational benefits that beekeepers enjoy can make use of the bees while preserving the biological necessities of life; the The more individual peoples are grouped together in a group hive, the greater the benefit.

The close, indirect contact of the group peoples provides the best heat protection, results in little winter consumption, promotes early spring development and makes the expensive double wall on the side superfluous. The thermal protection by mutual heating is the cheapest and most reliable floor heating. The insulation is achieved by felt tapes. The feeding takes place with the usual feeding trough u in the construction frame (Fig. 4, section CD).

In order to counteract the swarming instinct, the multi-colony hive according to the invention offers a wide range of possibilities to practice hanging capped brood combs. If a group of people is still in a swarm mood, which is rare in swarm-bearing races and is easily recognized by the construction frame, the barriers n, 0 of the people concerned are exchanged for deck boards, so that now this part of the population, including its honeycomb space, is bee-tightly separated from the other peoples. At the same time the relevant side flight hole f (Fig. 3) is opened.

This colony loses all flying bees; Now it is easy to catch the old queen, add a young queen, or let one breed. When the young queen has stepped into the egg position, the barriers η, ο can be reinserted; the side flight hole -p is closed again. .. A loss of yield, as it otherwise occurs due to unwanted swarming, cannot reduce the honey harvest, since the flying bees are not affected by the associated inertia for collecting, but can continue to collect diligently and return to their usual flight hole.

This mode of operation can be carried out simultaneously with all group colonies of a prey, for example if the colonies are to be rediscovered. In this way, in rooms a, b, c, d and e, you get a giant bird, whose concentrated gathering power produces great honey production during a main forage. You can let queens move from open brood in rooms b and e provided for this purpose, or add young mothers;

Claims (1)

PATENT CLAIMS: i. Multi-colony bee dwelling, characterized in that it consists of six each of a brood chamber (k) , each with a thick honeycomb arranged above honey room (I) has existing partial hives (I to VI) and five common honey rooms or expansion rooms (a to e) for all six group colonies living in it, with three partial hives each (I, III, V or II, IV, VI) of the Group colonies on the sides of the multi-colony hive and the common honey spaces or expansion spaces (a to e) are arranged between or above the partial hives (I to VI) of the group colonies. ίο 2. multi-colony hive according to claim i, characterized characterized in that their individual rooms are arranged so that each two, four or six Nations (I and II, III and IV, V and VI) to form an economic group both next to one another and one above the other can be summarized. 3. Multi-colony hive according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that each economic group (I, II or III, IV or V, VI) has its own assigned honey spaces or expansion spaces (b, c or d or e) are available and, moreover, the upper room («) serves as an expansion room for all group peoples. 4. Multi-colony hive according to claims 1 to 3, characterized by the arrangement of safety toggles (g) to additionally hold the windows and the honeycomb structure when traveling. 5. Multi-colony hive according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that special feet (A) and corresponding fitting pieces (i) for inserting the feet of the neighboring hive are attached to the rear side for stacking the hives during transport. 6. Multi-ethnic hive according to claims 1 to 5, characterized by one entrance hole (m) for each economic group, which are provided in the honey and expansion spaces (δ, d, e) . 7. Multi-colony prey according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the queens of the group colonies are prevented from leaving their breeding spaces by.Absperrgitter (η) and the flying bees pass through vertical wooden rod barriers (0) on their way to the common access holes (m) . 1 sheet of drawings 1 5520 IQ.