JP2005160339A - Wasp-intercepting apparatus for protecting honeybee - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wasp-intercepting apparatus for protecting honeybees, which can prevent the approach of wasps to a nest gate and simultaneously the confrontation of the honeybees with the wasps to protect the honeybees from the attack of the wasps. <P>SOLUTION: 1. An electric fence method: two lattice-like metal fences are attached to the inside of a frame box in a state overlapped at a distance of about 25 mm and then energized to prevent the approach of wasps to a nest gate for honeybees by flying or walking. One method for forming the two lattice-like metal fences comprises vertically standing the wires of the lattice at a distance of 40 to 50 mm and then laterally arranging the formed two fences, and the other method comprises horizontally disposing the wires of the lattice at a distance of 40 to 50 mm and then vertically arranging the formed two fences. A blinding and walk-inhibiting plate is attached to the floor of the apparatus to prevent that the honeybees approach the front end of the apparatus to confront to the wasps. Furthermore, the ceiling is clarified to retreat a defense line to the nest gate. 2. In stead of the electric fences, small transparent pieces are vertically stood, and the formed two fences are laterally arranged. The wings of wasps touch with the transparent fences. Thereby, the wasps do not fly in the apparatus, and can not step on the floor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for protecting a bee from a hornet attack.

Conventionally, this type of device captures a hornet that has come to a bee's hive for attacking with a trap attached to the nest gate and starves to death.

Since ancient times, beekeeping has been troubled by measures against wasps. In particular, honeybees can kill all groups if no action is taken. In the case of Japanese bees, about one third is destroyed.

As a countermeasure, a hornet trap has been attached to the nest gate of a bee hive. However, this trap has two drawbacks. One is that it aims to kill wasps, leading to disruption of the ecosystem, and the other is that the effect is not perfect. Not all wasps that attacked the bees were caught by the trap, but only when they were lifted up from the attack. In addition, hornets have the ability to learn and learn to avoid traps.

In addition, the structure of the apparatus is complicated and requires a lot of materials, resulting in increased manufacturing costs.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, it is necessary to realize a device that allows honeybees to pass but does not allow hornets to pass, and prevents honeybees from coming out of the device when they face the hornet.

The hornet may fly or walk to approach the bee hive entrance (nest gate). Both must be prevented.

When the honeybee rushes against the hornet, it is due to walking, so we must consider a strategy that the honeybee cannot walk.

In order to prevent the wasp flying, the wings can be used so that they cannot fly, and in order to stop walking, electric shocks are expected when trying to pass through, or the flapping wings get in the way and the legs are on the floor. You should keep it out of reach.

In order to prevent honeybees from confronting hornets, they hide their appearance with a blindfold so that they are not stimulated, and further prevent charging by walking.

Claims 1 and 3 are electric walk prevention measures by electric shock, and claim 2 is a method of preventing both flight and walking by using only a fence without using electricity.

When these devices are attached to the nest gates of bee hives attacked by hornets, instant attacks are no longer possible, and bees resume honey-collecting activities. Wasps sometimes come and catch bees one by one outside this device, but they are rarely killed.

The conventional catcher was not perfect, and people could not protect the bees without hitting them with a badminton racket. The present invention can save labor and time.

All of these devices must be compatible in size with the bee hive and are used to cover the bee nest. EXAMPLE The left side of FIG. 2 is the side that is attached in close contact with the nest box, and the right side is the side facing outward.

The horizontal distance between the upper and lower wires of claim 1 is 40 mm to 50 mm, the distance between the two wire fences (3) overlapped in the front and rear is about 25 mm, and the thickness of the wire is 2 mm. Degree. If you make it too thin, the bees that pop out will collide with each other whether they are difficult to see due to backlight.

There are several types of wasps, but this device is for giant hornets. This species stands at the top of the wasp, and it is almost enough to consider only the measures against this wasp. The hornet wasp may appear, but it will dissipate when the giant hornet appears.

If there is one wire fence, even if the vertical line spacing is 40 mm, the giant hornet will pass through one wing by shaking its wings. Even if there are two sheets, if the distance is 50 mm or more, it may jump sideways.

To prevent sideways intrusion, you can narrow the interval between the vertical lines, but this makes it difficult for the bees to pass through. So if you put a horizontal line (7) between the two fences, you can't enter because the upper or lower part of the wings touch the line. Both ends of this line go out of the side plate (4), and when a ring is made, it becomes a hook for attaching this device to the nest box.

The two fences are connected to the positive and negative of the battery (2) by connecting wires (8). In the embodiment, five 9 volts are connected in series to 45 volts. If you try to walk in and touch two energized wires, you will get an electric shock and cannot pass through.

In the example, the energizing fence is slightly moved up, down, left and right, but the wasp will soon learn that it will not get an electric shock unless it touches the two lines at the same time, and it will dive under the energizing fence and try to enter between two sheets. When the front fence is moved down, the wasp cannot be held at the lower end of the rear wire fence because the front wire hits the wing.

The reason for shifting to the left and right is to make it difficult for wasps to enter. This is more effective than reducing the interval accordingly.

The ceiling (1) uses a transparent plate such as plastic. By making it transparent, the bees think that the device is outside their hive, and put a line of defense against the wasp at the gate.

  However, if the ceiling is made of a non-transparent board, this device is also considered a part of the hive, and the defense line is advanced to the energizing fence, and when the hornet attacks, it is launched to the energizing fence, facing one after another, biting and killing.

  Furthermore, usually the guard bees hang out at the tip of the device, provoke hornets, trigger the gathering, and lead to the extinction of the entire group.

Even if the battery is attached to the ceiling of a transparent plate beside the energizing fence so that the connecting wire can be shortened, the battery gathers at the front end of the battery and the device below it, and is also a target of the wasp attack.

The blindfold (7) makes it difficult for the bees and wasps to see each other and also prevents the bees from rushing. A bee always flies and hits a person when attacking a person, but does not fly when confronting a wasp, but walks and bites. The blindfold board is also a walking prevention board. For that purpose, it is tilted and turned.

The floor under the power fence has been removed. This is to prevent the bees from coming out here and coming into contact with the wasps. When touched and killed, it seems that a pheromone of the enemy attack signal will be emitted at that moment, the bees rushed to the place where the victims came all at once, and the wasps also gathered friends by gathering the pheromone of the attack and became mad The slaughter drama begins.

You must take care not to let them come into contact with each other, and if one animal is caught, the bees will not gather quickly. The honeybee attack pheromone lasts only a few minutes, so the honeybee's excitement can subside while the blindfolds work to delay the gathering.

The wire (5) attached to the edge of the side plate (4) is connected to the back side energizing fence, and since electric shock is received, the wasp is prevented from stopping at the edge of the side plate. The bees are often caught here, often leading to killing.

Turning to the description of claim 2. This is because thin pieces (12) such as transparent plastic tech are arranged vertically instead of the energizing fence. At this time, the lower end of the flake extends below the floor. The hornet cannot touch the floor because its wing touches it. The reason for making the flakes transparent is to prevent the bees from collecting at the tips of the flakes. When it is colored, it gathers there to be the most advanced to confront the wasp.

The gap (14) between the side plate (13) and the thinnest piece is about 3 mm so that not only hornets but also bees can pass through. The hornet tries to get inside from here and can't think of crossing the flakes. If this is a gap where honeybees can pass through, murder takes place here.

The transparent ceiling (11) and the blindfold (15) are the same as in the first aspect.

Move to claim 3. This differs from claim 1 only in that the grid direction of the energizing fence (18) is in the horizontal direction.

Hornets raise their wings almost straight up when they flap. Its vertical height is about 50 mm. Therefore, the place where the top and bottom are 50mm wide cannot fly away. Even if I stop on the line to walk through, I get an electric shock.

In this embodiment, the energizing fence is slightly shifted up and down. The reason is the same as in the case of claim 1 in order to prevent the wasps from entering from the bottom in order to avoid electric shock.

It is a front view of the apparatus which prevents the walk passage of the claim 1 and a wasp with the electricity fence of a double metal lattice. 2 is a transverse sectional view of claim 1. FIG. It is a top view of Claim 1. The inside is visible because the ceiling is transparent. It is a perspective view of Claim 1. It is a front view of Claim 2. It is a cross-sectional view of claim 2. It is a front view of Claim 3. It is a cross-sectional view of Claim 3.

Explanation of symbols

1 Transparent ceiling
2 batteries
3 Energizing fence
4 Side plate
5 Edge conducting wire
6 Bottom plate
7 Blindfold board
8 Side jump inhibition line
9 Connecting wire
10 Battery clamp
11 Transparent ceiling
12 Transparent flight blocking pieces
13 Side plate
14 Clearance
15 Blindfold board
16 Transparent ceiling
17 battery
18 Energizing fence
19 Side plate
20 Edge conducting wire
21 Blindfold board

Claims (3)

Two parallel metal wires with an interval of about 25 mm are stretched around the inside of the front edge of the rectangular frame box having the ceiling portion (1) of the transparent plate, and 40 mm to 50 mm between the upper side and the bottom side. Wires are stretched over 5 or 6 places at millimeter intervals, and the two sets of wire fences are connected to the positive and negative of the battery (2) to form an energizing fence (3). ), And the frame box floor (6) is fitted with a blindfold plate (7) with a height of approximately 40 mm between the two side plates, and a horizontal jump prevention line between the two wire fences. A bee protection device for protecting bees with a wire of (8). On the front of a square box with a transparent ceiling (11), there are flight-inhibiting pieces (12) with a width of 20 to 30 mm and a height of 20 to 30 mm below the floor at intervals of 40 to 50 mm. Standing in parallel with the side plate at 5 or 6 locations, the clearance (14) between the two side plates (13) at both ends of the flight-blocking piece has a width (around 3 mm) that neither the hornet nor the honeybee can pass through, and the floor of the frame box Is a bee-protecting hornet-breaking device in which a blindfold plate (15) having a height of about 40 mm is attached between the left and right side plates (13). Two parallel metal wires with an interval of about 25 mm are stretched inside the front edge of a rectangular frame box with a ceiling (16) of transparent plate, and the interval between each left and right sides is about 50 mm. 2 or 3 places the wire, and the two sets of wire fences are connected to the positive and negative of the battery (17) to form the energizing fence (18), and the electric wires (20) are also attached to the front edges of both side plates (19). A bee-protecting hornet-breaking device, in which a blindfold plate (21) having a height of about 40 mm is attached between the left and right side plates (19) on the floor of the frame box.

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