JP2017012128A - Nest box for pollination insect - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a honey container capable of performing easily confirmation of a honey amount or a replacement work of the honey container.SOLUTION: In a nest box for a pollination insect comprising an outer case 2 having an opened upper surface and a storage space inside, a honey container containing honey arranged on the lowermost in the outer case 2, and a nest box body placed on the honey container, the honey container is stored in a protection box. A drawing port 24 having an opening/closing door 25 is formed on a wall surface constituting the outer case 2. The protection box containing the honey container is replaced through the drawing port 24.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a nest box for pollinating insects, and more particularly to a bumblebee nest box for confirming the amount of honey in a honey container and facilitating the replacement operation.

  In recent years, bumblebees have been used to pollinate tomatoes and eggplants with nectar in their flowers. The alien bee that is distributed in Europe, an alien bee, has a lot of working bees with the queen, and has the habit of collecting nectar and pollen, so it has been put to practical use. In recent years, bumblebees native to Japan have also been used.

  When bumblebees are used for pollination work, especially for tomatoes, it is necessary to provide nutrient sources (molasses) from the outside to the nest box in order to efficiently perform pollination work for a certain period because it is a crop without honey. Specifically, as shown in Patent Document 1, a honey container containing honey is housed below the bumble bee hive main body arranged in the outer box, and a honey port is provided to stand up from the honey container. To supply molasses.

  The said honey-mouth is the structure by which the fiber bundle is arranged in the cylinder body, and is a specification which sucks molasses into a honey-feed mouth by capillary action. This nectar opening is in contact with a lattice-shaped nectar sucking portion formed at the lower end of the nest box body, so that the bumblebee can suck nectar from inside the nest box body.

JP 2007-020534 A

  However, the amount of nectar used in the honey container varies depending on the environmental conditions in the house where the nest box is placed, and if the amount of nectar is large, the amount of nectar decreases, and if the supply is not performed properly, pollination is efficient. Not only was the work done, but in the worst case, the bees were killed. Therefore, the user needs to check the amount of honey in the honey container.

  To confirm the amount of nectar in the honey container, open the top cover of the bumblebee beehive, lift the nest box body from the upper opening upward, remove it, expose the honey container, and enter the inside. I was checking the amount of honey. When the amount of honey was low, it was dealt with by replacing the honey container. As a matter of course, this replacement work is also performed manually from the upper opening of the outer box. In particular, when removing or housing the nest box body, it is dangerous to be stabbed by a bumblebee and requires a complicated replacement process.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to facilitate the confirmation work of the amount of honey in the honey container and the replacement work of the honey container.

  A bee hive for a pollinating insect according to the present invention includes an outer box having an open top surface and a storage space inside, a honey container with honey arranged at the bottom of the outer box, and an upper part of the honey container. A nest box body placed on a nest box, and a nest box for pollinating insects, wherein the honey container is stored in a protective box, and the outer container is a protective box in which the honey container is stored on a wall that constitutes it A drawer opening having an opening / closing door is formed at a position facing one surface of the container, and the honey container in the protective box can be pulled out and exchanged using this drawer opening (Claim 1).

  With this configuration, when replacing the honey container in the nest box, first open the open / close door, open the outlet to the horizontal, check the amount of honey, and pull out the protective box if the honey is insufficient. Then, it is exchanged with a new protective box containing a honey container, inserted from the drawer port, and closed by opening and closing the door again.

  Moreover, since there is a honey amount confirmation window on the front surface of the protective box (Claim 2), the amount of honey is confirmed visually through the honey amount confirmation window.

  A resin (plastic corrugated cardboard) plate placed on the upper surface of the protective box, and has a locking hole that locks from a honey container to a projecting honey port (Claim 3). This prevents the honey-mouth from falling off the top surface of the protective box, and also catches polluted insect dirt, thereby preventing a decrease in the strength of the protective box.

  Furthermore, an interstitial heat insulating material is disposed between the nest box main body and the outer box, and at least one wall surface constituting the intervening heat insulating material is formed with a cutting line for forming a ventilation hole. (Claim 4) If necessary, by forming a ventilation hole along this cutting line, the amount of wind flow to the nest box body can be controlled, and the nest box is maintained in an optimum environment.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the honey container is housed in the protective box, and only the honey port protrudes from the upper surface of the protective box and is stored in the outer box for pollinating insects. Container replacement can be started by first opening the open / close door, opening the drawer opening, and pulling out the protective box containing the honey container. Before pulling out the protective box, determine the necessity of replacement by visually checking the amount of honey from the honey amount confirmation window. Then, when the protective box is pulled out, it is replaced with a new protective box, inserted again from the drawer port, and the replacement is completed. In this way, the honey container can be easily replaced and the danger of being stabbed by a bee can be eliminated.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the amount of honey can be easily confirmed visually through the honey amount confirmation window formed on the front surface of the protective box.

  According to the invention of claim 3, it is possible to prevent the honey-mouth from dropping from the upper surface of the protective box by locking the honey-mouth to the locking hole of the resin plate placed on the upper surface of the protective box. Then, the waste (feces and urine) excreted by the pollinating insects can be received to prevent the protection box from deteriorating.

  According to invention of Claim 4, a ventilation hole is formed along the cutting line for formation of the ventilation hole in the at least 1 or more wall surface which comprises the interposed heat insulating material distribute | arranged between an outer box and a hive body. If formed, the amount of wind flow can be controlled, and the effect of maintaining the nest box in the optimum air-conditioning environment is exhibited.

It is a perspective view of a bumblebee hive according to the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view same as the above. It is an exploded perspective view same as the above. It is a perspective view of the protection box containing a honey container. It is sectional drawing of the protection box containing a honey container. It is a perspective view in the state where it was in a bee hive and the door was opened. It is a perspective view in the state where it was in a bee hive and the protective box containing a honey container was pulled out.

  1 to 3 show a bumblebee nest box 1 which is a pollinating insect according to the present invention. This nest box 1 is made of corrugated cardboard and resin, has an open top surface, and has a box shape consisting of four wall surfaces and one bottom surface. It has a cardboard outer box 2 having a storage space 5 inside, and an upper lid 4 for opening and closing the opening 3 on the upper surface.

  In the outer box 2 of the bumblebee hive 1, a hive main body 6 and a honey container 7 housed in a protective box 8 made of cardboard are arranged vertically below the hive main body 6. The nest box main body 6 is made of a resin box and has ventilation slits formed over the entire surface, and is configured to be an optimal environment for bumblebees to live. An entrance 10 through which the bee enters and exits is formed on the front surface of the nest box body 6, and a honey sucking place 11 is formed in front of the bottom, and the bee sucking place 11 is formed with a slit so that the bumble bee passes through the slit. Mouth is put and sucked from honey mouth 13 described below.

  The honey container 7 is also shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and is made of a resin such as vinyl, in which molasses is stored, and a honey-mouth 13 is provided at one end thereof. The honey mouth 13 is composed of a cylindrical body and a fiber bundle accommodated therein. The lower end protrudes into the honey container 7, the upper end protrudes outside, and the honey mouth 14 is formed at the uppermost end. To the honey mouth 14. In addition, a brim 16 is provided with a collar 16 at its mouthpiece 13 and is engaged with a hole 17 of the protective box 8.

  The protective box 8 is made of cardboard and contains the above-described honey container 7. A honey amount confirmation window 19 is formed on the front surface, and the amount of honey is visually confirmed through the honey amount confirmation window 19. it can.

  The protective box 8 is provided with a resin plate (plastic cardboard) 27 on its upper surface that receives manure excreted by bees and prevents deterioration. The resin plate 27 is formed with a locking hole 28, the collar 16 of the honey port 13 of the honey container 7 is locked, the honey port 13 falls to the protective box 8 side, and the honey port 14 is connected to the nest box. This prevents the body 6 from being separated. A sliding plate 29 made of corrugated cardboard is provided under the protective box 8 to provide a smooth action when the protective box 8 containing the honey container is pulled out or inserted.

  The outer box 2 is formed with a drawer port 24 having an opening / closing door 25 on a front wall surface 23a formed with a notch hole 21 facing the bumblebee doorway 10 of the nest box body. The position of the outlet 24 is a position where the honey amount confirmation window 19 of the protective box 8 in which the honey container 7 is stored faces the front of the formation. Then, the opening / closing door 25 of the drawer opening 24 is below the front wall surface 23a, and the lower end is connected to the bottom, and the others are cut, and when pulled forward, as shown in FIG. Open until straight. The opening operation of the open / close door 25 is performed to visually check the remaining amount of honey in the honey container 7 and when the honey container 7 has a small amount of honey and is intended to replace the honey container. Reference numeral 26 denotes a bumblebee landing base.

  An interstitial heat insulating material 31 is arranged in the outer box 2 and the hive main body 6 constituting the bee hive 1 to control the air conditioning in the hive main body 6. The intervening heat insulating material 31 is composed of four wall surfaces 32a to 32d, the front wall surface 32a is largely cut away to avoid interference with the drawer port 24, and the left and right wall surfaces 32b and 32c In order to control the flow, cutting lines 34 for forming the vent holes 33 are formed. When the temperature of the nest box body 6 rises, it is possible to cut along the cutting line 34 and open the large ventilation holes 33, 33 to improve the air flow and change the air conditioning environment conditions. On the contrary, when the temperature is low, the air conditioning conditions can be changed by closing the ventilation holes 33 and 33.

  In the above-described configuration, the amount of honey in the honey container 7 is confirmed by pulling the opening / closing door on the front wall surface of the outer box 2 with the lower end as a fulcrum and opening the outlet 24 as shown in the figure. Then, the honey amount confirmation window 19 on the front surface of the protective box 8 that wraps the honey container 7 is exposed, and the honey container 7 can be visually observed through the honey amount confirmation window 19.

  As a result of visual observation of the honey container 7, when the remaining amount of honey is small, it is replaced. First, the protective box 8 is pulled out together with the honey container 7 as shown in FIG. At that time, the resin plate 27 is also pulled out. Then, the protective box 8 containing the new honey container 7 is inserted from the drawer port 24. A resin plate 27 is placed on the upper surface of the protective box 8, and the honey port 13 is inserted into the locking hole 28 using the collar 16. After that, the protective box 8 is inserted while sliding on the sliding plate 29. When the insertion is completed, the open / close door 25 is closed to prevent light from entering the bumblebee hive 1.

  In the above-described embodiment, the drawer opening 24 having the opening / closing door 25 is formed on the front wall surface 23a of the outer box 2. However, even if it is formed on one of the both side wall surfaces of the outer box 2, Of course, it is possible to obtain the same effect as the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bumblebee hive 2 Outer box 3 Opening 4 Upper cover 5 Storage space 6 Nest box main body 7 Honey container 8 Protective box 10 Entrance / exit 11 Honey sucking place 13 Honey opening 14 Honey opening 16 Brim 17 Hole 19 Honey amount confirmation window 21 Notch hole 23a Front wall 24 Outlet 25 Opening / closing door 26 Landing base 27 Resin plate 28 Locking hole 31 Interstitial heat insulating material 32 Wall surface 33 Ventilation hole 34 Cutting line

Claims (4)

An outer box with an open top and a storage space inside,
A honey container with honey arranged at the bottom in the outer box,
In the nest box body placed on the honey container and the nest box for pollinating insects,
The honey container is stored in a protective box,
In the outer box, a drawer opening having an open / close door is formed at a position where the honey container is opposed to one side of the protective box for storage on the wall surface constituting the outer box, and the inside of the protective box is formed using the drawer opening. A nest box for pollinating insects, characterized in that the honey container can be pulled out and replaced.   The nest box for pollinating insects according to claim 1, wherein a nectar amount confirmation window is formed in front of the protective box.   The blower insect according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a resin plate placed on the upper surface of the protective box has a locking hole for locking with a projecting honey port from the honey container. Birdhouse.   Arranged between the nest box main body and the outer box, intervening heat insulating material, and at least one wall surface constituting the intermediate heat insulating material, the cutting line for forming the vent hole is formed The nest box for pollinating insects according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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