JP2011036218A - Rearing box for honeybee - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rearing box for honeybee capable of easily and surely conducting introducing the outside air into the box or blocking it off the box, and making e.g. operations for confirming the honeybee-rearing situation in the box (chamber). <P>SOLUTION: The rearing box for honeybee includes a main box with an entrance/exit of a rearing chamber, a joint box placed on the main box, and a top lid for closing the top opening of the joint box. In the rearing box, an upper ventilative port openable as varying the direction of placing the top lid relative to the joint box is provided in between the upper end of the joint box and the top lid placed on the joint box, while a lower ventilative port is provided on the lower end of the main box, wherein the lower ventilative port is provided with an opening level regulator enabling the opening level of the lower ventilative port to be regulated, and the main box is provided with a viewing window for the rearing chamber's inside, wherein the viewing window is equipped with an openable door. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a breeding box for breeding Japanese bees.

  In general, a breeding box for breeding bees has a former box formed in a rectangular parallelepiped, a joint box formed in the same rectangular parallelepiped and stacked on the former box, and an upper opening of the box. An upper lid for closing is provided.

  And in the lower part of the side of the box body, there is an entrance called a so-called nest gate, and the entrance and exit from the entrance to the breeding room defined by the former box body and the joint box body, I try to raise bees. (See Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in the summer when the temperature rises, it is necessary to ventilate the air in the breeding room outside and cool the breeding room while introducing fresh outside air into the breeding room. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent cold outside air from entering the breeding room as much as possible, and manage the temperature in the breeding room so that it does not drop carelessly.

  However, in this type of conventional breeding box, as can be seen in Patent Document 1 described above, a plurality of ventilation holes are merely provided in the main box body and the upper lid. Therefore, it is difficult to adjust the temperature, and it is difficult to efficiently cool or keep the whole breeding room according to the situation, and there may be a problem that a large amount of bees breeding in the breeding room will die.

JP-A-9-224520

  The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and the object is to easily and reliably perform detailed introduction or blocking of outside air into the breeding room and confirmation of breeding conditions in the breeding room. It is to provide a bee breeding box that can be done.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a main box body having an entrance of a breeding room, a joint box body placed on the former box body, and an upper portion of the joint box body. A bee-breeding box provided with an upper lid for closing the opening, wherein an upper lid for the joint box body is provided between an upper end portion of the joint box body and an upper lid placed on the joint box body. An upper ventilation opening that is opened and closed by changing the mounting direction is provided, and a lower ventilation opening is provided at the lower end of the former box body, and the lower ventilation opening is adjusted for the opening amount of the lower ventilation opening. An opening amount adjusting body capable of being provided is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the breeding box according to the first aspect, at least one of the former box body and the joint box body is provided with a viewing window in the breeding room. An opening / closing door is provided.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the breeding box according to the first or second aspect, a waterproof member is laid on the upper surface of the upper lid.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a detailed introduction work of the outside air into the breeding room by changing the mounting direction of the upper lid with respect to the joint box body and adjusting the opening amount of the lower vent by the opening amount adjusting body or The blocking work can be performed, and the bee breeding environment in the breeding room can be improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a viewing window is provided in at least one of the former box body and the joint box body, and the viewing window is provided with an opening / closing door. In addition to the effects of the invention described in (1), the operation of checking the breeding condition in the breeding room can be easily and reliably performed from the viewing window by opening the door.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, since the waterproof member is laid on the upper surface of the upper lid, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the intrusion of rainwater or the like into the breeding room is surely prevented. I can do it.

The perspective view of the breeding box of the state which showed one Embodiment of the breeding box concerning this invention, and opened the upper ventilation opening and the lower ventilation opening. Same as above, front view. Same side view. XX sectional view in FIG. The YY sectional view taken on the line in FIG. Perspective view of rearing box with upper and lower ventilation openings closed Sectional drawing corresponding to FIG. 4 in the state which closed the upper ventilation port and the lower ventilation port. Sectional drawing corresponding to FIG. 5 in the state which closed the upper ventilation port and the lower ventilation port. The perspective view of a bottom frame. The perspective view of a net body. A perspective view of a nest foundation.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a breeding box according to the present invention will be described.

  First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a breeding box, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view of the same, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 3.

  In the figure, the breeding box denoted by reference numeral 1 basically closes the former box 2 formed in a rectangular parallelepiped, the joint box 3 also formed in a rectangular parallelepiped, and the upper opening of the joint box 3. And the upper lid 4.

  The former box body 2 includes a former box body 21 assembled in a square cylindrical shape with front and rear side plates 21a and 21b and left and right side plates 21c and 21d, and a bottom frame body 22 attached around the lower opening of the former box body 21. In addition, the opening in the bottom frame 22 is used as the lower ventilation port 23, and the breeding room S in the former box body 21 is loaded with a feed box 24 as shown in FIG.

  A front window 21 a constituting the former box body 21 is provided with a viewing window 25 for looking into the breeding room S, and an opening / closing door 25 a is attached to the viewing window 25.

  The aforementioned opening / closing door 25a is arranged to be slidable in the vertical direction along the outer surface of the front side plate 21a.

  The bottom frame 22 includes a frame member 220 formed of front and rear frame pieces 22a and 22b and left and right frame pieces 22c and 22d surrounding the outer periphery of the lower ventilation port 23, and a wire mesh 221 having a wide mesh stretched in the frame member. On the frame member 220, a fitting frame portion 222 is provided on which the lower end portion of the former box body 2 placed on the bottom frame 220 can be fitted.

  Further, guide grooves 223 extending in the length direction of the frame pieces 22c and 22d are formed on the inner side surfaces of the left and right frame pieces 22c and 22d, and a plate-like opening amount adjustment for adjusting the opening amount of the lower ventilation port 23 is formed. A body 224 is slidably attached via the guide groove 223.

  Moreover, the entrance / exit 26 of the breeding room S is provided in the front frame piece 22a.

  The junction box body 3 includes a junction box body 31 assembled in a rectangular tube shape by the front and rear side plates 31a and 31b and the left and right side plates 31c and 31d, and a net body 32 placed on the upper opening end of the junction box body 31. And the upper opening of the junction box body 31 is used as the upper ventilation port 33.

  The net 32 is used only for the joint box 2 placed at the uppermost position in the breeding box 1.

  A positioning rod 34 extending in the vertical direction is fixed to the outer surfaces of the left and right side plates 31c and 31d and the rear plate 31b in the junction box body 31, and the lower portion of the positioning rod 34 is the lower ends of the left and right side plates 31c and 31d and the rear plate 31b. When the joint box body 31 is stacked vertically, the lower part of the positioning rod 34 projecting downward from the lower ends of the left and right side plates 31c and 31d and the rear plate 31b is located below the joint box body 31 or By being along the outer surface of the main box body 21, the main box body 2 to the joint box body 3 are stacked vertically without any deviation.

  Further, a pair of fitting grooves 35 are provided on the upper end surfaces of the left and right side plates 21c and 21d constituting the former box body 21 and the left and right side plates 31c and 31d constituting the joint box body 31, respectively, and a separately formed nest holding rod 36 is provided. The nest holding rods 36 are disposed so as to intersect the upper openings of the main box main body 21 and the junction box main body 31 by fitting both end portions in the length direction into the fitting grooves 35 described above.

  The net body 32 includes a frame body 37 assembled in a rectangular shape in plan view by front and rear frame pieces 37a and 37b and left and right frame pieces 37c and 37d, and a net member 38 stretched in the frame body 37. The member 38 uses a fine wire mesh.

  The upper surfaces of the front and rear frame pieces 37 a and 37 b constituting the frame body 37 are made one step higher than the upper surfaces of the left and right frame pieces 37 c and 37 d constituting the frame body 37.

  The upper lid 4 is placed on a mesh body 32 placed on the upper end of the junction box body 31, and opens and closes the upper ventilation port 33 of the junction box body 31, and is formed from a rectangular panel in plan view covering the upper opening. The lid body 41 and the lower surface of the lid body 41 are assembled in parallel to each other at a predetermined interval so as to be superposed on the front and rear frame pieces 37a and 37b and the left and right frame pieces 37c and 37d of the frame body 37 of the mesh body 32. And a pair of superposition rods 42 and 43.

  A waterproof sheet 44 as a waterproof member is laid on the upper surface of the lid body 41.

  The laying of the waterproof sheet 44 prevents rainwater and the like from entering the breeding room S.

  Next, an example of use of the breeding box 1 having the above configuration will be described.

  At the start of use of the breeding box 1, usually, as shown in FIG. 1, two junction box bodies 31 are sequentially stacked on one original box body 1 and also on the uppermost junction box body 31. The net 32 is placed, and the upper lid 4 is set on the net 32 and used.

  And when the bees that are raised in the breeding room S are made to suspend the nests in the breeding room S through the nest holding rod 36, and the situation of the bees and nests in the breeding room S is to be checked. Can easily observe the inside of the breeding room S from the viewing window 25 by lifting the opening / closing door 25a upward and opening the viewing window 25, and also feed bait such as sugar water to the food box 24. This can be easily done from the viewing window 25.

  If the nest in the breeding room S becomes larger, another joint box 3 is interposed between the former box 2 and the joint box 3 placed on the former box 2. Good.

  By the way, when the room temperature in the breeding room S has risen above a predetermined temperature in summer or the like, the upper lid 4 is set on the net 32 by rotating 90 degrees horizontally from the state shown in FIG. Thus, the overlapping rods 42 and 43 of the upper lid 4 are superposed on the outer surface side of the front and rear frame pieces 33a and 33b in the mesh body 32, and as shown in FIGS. A predetermined upper ventilation port 33 that communicates the outside of the breeding box 1 and the inside of the breeding room S is opened between the lower surface of 41 and the short left and right frame pieces 37c and 37d.

  Further, the opening adjustment body 224 of the bottom frame body 22 constituting the former box body 21 is pulled out to the front, and as shown in FIG. 5, the lower ventilation opening 23 is appropriately opened. At this time, the opening adjustment body 224 is opened. The amount of opening of the lower ventilation port 23 can also be adjusted linearly by adjusting the amount of drawer to the front.

  Thus, for example, outside air flowing in from the lower ventilation port 23 passes through the upper part of the breeding room S from the lower part to the upper part, and then is discharged to the outside from the upper ventilation hole 33 so that the inside of the breeding room S is efficiently performed. Ventilated.

  And since the opening amount of the lower ventilation opening 23 can be adjusted suitably, the fine temperature adjustment according to the temperature condition in the breeding room S can be performed efficiently.

  In adjusting the temperature in the breeding room S, for example, the upper ventilation port 33 is closed and only the lower ventilation port 23 is opened as appropriate, or the upper ventilation port 33 is opened and the lower ventilation port 23 is fully closed. Thus, fine ventilation according to the situation in the breeding room S can be performed.

  On the other hand, when the room temperature in the breeding room S has fallen below a predetermined temperature in winter, etc., the upper lid 4 is set by rotating it 90 degrees horizontally from the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the overlapping rods 42 and 43 of the upper lid 4 are superposed on the outer surface side of the left and right frame pieces 37 c and 37 d in the net 32, so that the lower surface of the lid main body 41 and the upper surfaces of the left and right frame pieces 37 c and 37 d. The upper vent 33 between the two is closed.

  Further, the opening adjustment body 224 of the bottom frame 22 constituting the original box body 21 is moved in the direction in which it is stored in the breeding room S, and the lower ventilation port 23 is also closed as shown in FIG. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the cold outside air from entering the breeding room S.

  Thus, in the breeding box 1 described above, it is possible to avoid an accident in which bees die carelessly due to a temperature rise in the breeding room S in summer or a temperature drop in the breeding room S in winter.

  In the above embodiment, the nest holding rod 36 formed separately by providing the fitting grooves 35 on the upper end surfaces of the left and right side plates 21c and 21d constituting the former box body 21 and the left and right side plates 31c and 31d constituting the joint box body 31. The nest holding rods 36 are arranged so as to intersect with the upper openings of the main box body 21 and the junction box body 31 by fitting both end portions in the length direction into the fitting grooves 35 described above. The nest foundation 5 shown in FIG. 11 may be loaded in the breeding room S instead of the nest holding rod 36, for example.

  In the above embodiment, the observation window 25 is provided only in the original box 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the observation window 25 may be provided only in the joint box 3 or the observation window 25. May be provided in both the former box body 2 and the joint box body 3.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Breeding box 2 Original box body 21 Original box body 22 Bottom frame body 23 Lower ventilation port 25 Entrance / exit 26 Viewing window 26a Opening / closing door 3 Connection box body 31 Connection box body 32 Net body 33 Upper ventilation port 34 Positioning rod 4 Upper lid 41 Cover body 42 Polymerization cage S Breeding room

Claims (3)

  It is a bee breeding box provided with a former box body having an entrance of a breeding room, a joint box body placed on the former box body, and an upper lid for closing an upper opening of the joint box body. In addition, between the upper end portion of the joint box body and the upper lid placed on the joint box body, an upper ventilation opening that is opened and closed by a change in the placement direction of the upper lid with respect to the joint box body is provided, and A bee characterized in that a lower ventilation port is provided at the lower end of the original box body, and an opening light quantity adjustment body that can adjust the opening amount of the lower ventilation port is provided at the lower ventilation port. Rearing box.   The breeding according to claim 1, wherein a viewing window in a breeding room is provided in at least one of the former box and the joint box, and the viewing window is provided with an opening / closing door. box.     The breeding box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a waterproof member is laid on the upper surface of the upper lid.

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