JP2020114183A - Bee capturing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a bee capturing device which can be quickly and surely constructed compared with a conventional device, can suppress a scatter of dead bees, reduces the physical and mental distress of a constructor, and can remove even an extermination-difficult honeycomb.SOLUTION: A bee capturing device comprises a light emitting part 11 for emitting light for inducing bees, a barrier part 12 for making the bees flying toward the light emitting part 11 collide therewith, and making them fall, or lowering a flying height of the bees, and a catch part 13 arranged below the barrier part 12, and capable of capturing the bees H which have fallen, or are lowered in the flying height. When lighting the light emitting part 11, the bees are induced to the light emitted by the light emitting part 11, and while the bees fly around the light emitting part, the bees collide with the barrier part 12 and fall, or are lowered in the flying height, and captured by an adhesion force of the catch part 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a bee trapping device that attracts and traps bees such as wasps.

Bees, such as hornets, are a large number of exterminating constructions, especially in the summer, as important pests that harm humans. Generally, bees are exterminated by methods such as spraying pesticides and removing nests with hands or tools (for example, Patent Document 1).

These methods have already been established from many years of experience. However, these methods have a problem that construction takes time and dead bees are scattered. In addition, since the installer must approach the beehive, he or she may be stabbed by the bee even if he/she wears protective clothing, and there is a problem that the installer is physically and mentally distressed. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to exterminate the nest if there is a nest in the attic or under the eaves (so-called beehive for difficult control) because the construction cannot be performed unless the builder approaches the nest.

JP, 2002-322004, A

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can be carried out quickly and reliably compared to the conventional construction, it is possible to suppress the scattering of dead bees, physical and mental pain of the installer It is an object of the present invention to provide a bee trapping device which can reduce the number of bees and can control beehives that are difficult to control.

In order to solve the above problems, the bee trapping device according to the present invention includes an attracting unit that attracts the bee, and a barrier unit that collides with the bee that has been flying aiming at the attracting unit to drop or lower the flight altitude. And a catch portion provided below the barrier portion for catching a bee that has fallen or whose flight height has been lowered.

Bees can fly at tens of kilometers per hour. Many bees are also fairly fast when flying for a means of attraction. For this reason, when an unexpectedly hard obstacle is collided, the impact often causes the object to bounce and drop, or the altitude is lowered. According to the present invention, the bees flying toward the attracting means are collided with the barrier part to drop or lower the flight altitude, and the bees that have fallen or have lowered the flight altitude are caught immediately by the catch part, so that the bees are efficiently formed. It can be caught and the scattering of dead bees can be suppressed. In addition, the bee trapping device according to the present invention does not require the worker to approach the beehive during the construction once installed, so that the worker's physical and mental distress can be reduced. In addition, since the work can be performed if the entrance/exit of the bee can be confirmed, the work can be performed in the attic or underfloor where it is considered to be difficult to control.

Moreover, as one aspect of the bee catching device according to the present invention, the attracting unit may be a light emitting unit that emits light that attracts the bee. The inventors have been practicing light traps for nocturnal insects for many years, but thought that light traps would be effective even for bee, which is diurnal, and carried out earnest experiments to make bee running lights. I confirmed the sex.

Further, as an aspect of the bee catching device according to the present invention, the barrier portion may have a flat collision surface, and an angle formed by the collision surface and a horizontal direction may be a right angle or an acute angle. According to this, it is especially effective for the bees that fly horizontally and approach the attracting means. This is because the bees that have collided with the barrier part bounce downward and most of the bees that have collided with the barrier part can be caught by the catch part.

Further, as an aspect of the bee trapping device according to the present invention, the collision surface may have a function of reflecting the light emitted by the light emitting unit. According to this, since the light intensity in the specific direction can be increased, the bee can be more attracted when the collision surface is used with the nest of the bee facing, for example.

Compared with the conventional method, the construction can be performed more quickly and reliably, the scattering of dead bees can be suppressed, the physical and mental pain of the construction worker can be reduced, and the beehives that are difficult to control can also be exterminated.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the bee trapping apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which showed typically the bee trapping apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is the conceptual diagram which showed typically the bee trapping apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which showed typically the bee trapping apparatus which concerns on 3rd embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which showed typically the bee trapping apparatus which concerns on 4th embodiment.

Embodiments embodying the bee trapping device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this. Note that detailed description of known techniques will be omitted.

(First embodiment)
First, the bee trapping device 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1A is an explanatory view (front view) showing the bee trapping device 1, and FIG. 1B is an explanatory view (right side view) showing the bee trapping device 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bee trapping device 1 mainly includes a light emitting unit 11 (corresponding to attracting means), a barrier unit 12, and a catch unit 13.

The light emitting unit 11 is an insect lamp. The insect trap lamp is also called a black light and is an electric lamp that emits ultraviolet rays. This is because the ultraviolet ray wavelength of the insect attractant lamp is the most attractive to many insects. However, in this embodiment, the bee is an insect lamp, but since the bee is attracted not only by ultraviolet rays but also by light, it may be a general fluorescent lamp, a light bulb, or an LED. Also, although details are not known yet, by changing attributes such as wavelength, light intensity, size of light source, shape and pattern of light source, blinking of light source, height of light source, light emitting direction of light source, There is a possibility to attract bees. Therefore, when the details are known, the light emitting means having a higher attractive force may be selected.

The light emitting part 11 is attached to the barrier part 12 described later by mounting fittings 11a and 11a whose one end is fixed to the left and right of the barrier part described later and sockets 11b and 11b which are fixed to the other ends of the respective fittings 11a and 11a. Has been. A power cable 11c is connected to the light emitting unit 11, and an inverter circuit 11d and a battery 11e are connected to the tip of the power cable 11c.

The bee catching device 1 is often installed at a high place, and it is desirable that the bee catching device 1 be as light as possible in consideration of workability. Therefore, the weight of the main body of the bee trapping device 1 is reduced by disconnecting the inverter circuit 11d and the battery 11e to the outside and lengthening the power cable 11c.

The barrier section 12 is a flat plate, and the collision surface is erected in a substantially vertical direction. That is, the angle formed by the collision surface and the horizontal direction is a right angle. The material is resin. In addition, in this embodiment, although it is made of resin for the purpose of weight reduction, it is not necessarily made of resin.

The catch portion 13 is a so-called adhesive plate (sheet) in which the adhesive 13b is applied on the corrugated cardboard sheet 13a. As a result, the bees that have fallen or have a reduced flight altitude can be adhered and efficiently captured. The adhesive portion 13 is placed on the upper surface of the resin base portion 12a connected to the lower end of the reflecting portion 12.

In the present embodiment, the light emitting unit 11, the barrier unit 12, and the catch unit 13 are fixed to each other by a connecting member or the like and are integrated, but they are fixed as separate members to the ground, a standing tree, or the like. It may be one.

Next, a method of using the bee trap 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the bee trapping device 1. Only the main configuration is schematically shown, and the light emitting unit 11 is shown in the shape of a light bulb in order to make it easy to understand that it is a light emitting unit. The power cable 11c, the inverter circuit 11d, the battery 11e, etc. are omitted.

When the bee trap 1 is used for trapping a hornet, for example, the bee trap 1 is installed near the hornet's nest N with the collision surface of the barrier section 12 facing the nest N. Specifically, the distance from the nest N is preferably within 3 meters, more preferably within 1 meter. At this time, it is advisable to install the bees in front of the holes that enter and leave the nest N.

When the light emitting section 11 is turned on, the hornet H is attracted by the light emitted by the light emitting section 11, and while flying around the light emitting section, it collides with the barrier section 12 and falls or the flight altitude is lowered, and It is caught by the adhesive force.

The inventors conducted experiments on a considerable number of sites, but the average construction time was about 30 minutes including preparation. In addition, queen bees were confirmed to be captured at most sites.
According to the present invention, construction can be performed if the entrance/exit of the bee can be confirmed, and therefore, it is also effective in so-called difficult-to-control sites such as attic and underfloor.
Further, in the conventional method, since the builder had to approach the beehive during construction, the physical and mental distress of the builder was great, but according to the present invention, the builder during construction Since it is not necessary to approach the beehive, the operator's physical and mental distress can be reduced.

(Second embodiment)
Next, the bee trapping device 2 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the bee trapping device 2.

The bee catching device 2 is different from the bee catching device 1 only in the barrier part 22, and therefore only the barrier part 22 will be described. The description of the configuration similar to that of the bee trapping device 1 is omitted, and the reference numerals thereof are cited.

The barrier section 22 is a flat plate, and the collision surface has a function of reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting section 11. Further, the angle formed by the collision surface and the horizontal direction is an acute angle. As a result, the light emitted from the light emitting unit 11 is reflected toward the left in the figure. Experiments have confirmed that bees can be more attracted and captured by the collision surface's function of reflecting light. The reason is that the light intensity can be increased when viewed from the left in the figure. At the same time, for example, when viewed from the horizontal direction, it is considered that the light emitting unit 11 is reflected in the vicinity of the position 22a of the collision surface, and it seems that there are two light emitting units 11. That is, it can be said that the light emitting unit 11 reflected on the collision surface is also the attraction means of the present invention.

The collision surface may be a mirror surface, or may not be a mirror surface as long as it can reflect light. The material is resin. In addition, in this embodiment, although it is made of resin for the purpose of weight reduction, it is not necessarily made of resin.

Further, the collision surface may be a concave surface. According to this, since an apparent light source becomes large like a flashlight or a headlight of a car, it can be expected that the attracting effect is increased depending on the installation place.

Further, as another effect that the collision surface has a function of reflecting light, since the number of bees that collide with the light emitting unit 11 is reduced, damage to the light emitting unit 11 can be reduced. Since the bees are attracted by the light emitted from the light emitting unit 11 and fly, the number of bees that collide with the light emitting unit 11 is not small. However, if a large bee repeatedly collides with the light emitting unit 11, the light emitting unit 11 may be damaged. In this respect, if the collision surface has a function of reflecting light, some bees are attracted to the light emitting unit 11 reflected on the collision surface, so the number of bees colliding with the light emitting unit 11 is reduced, and You can reduce the damage.

An opaque cover may be provided on the opposite side of the light emitting section 11 from the barrier section 22 side. Then, the bees collide with the barrier portion 22 only, so that the light emitting portion 11 can be prevented from being damaged and cleaning can be facilitated.

Further, the angle formed by the collision surface of the barrier portion 22 and the horizontal direction may be changed within the range of 45 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less. According to this, the angle formed by the collision surface and the horizontal direction can be changed according to the height of the beehive and the height of the installation location of the bee trapping device 2.

(Third embodiment)
Next, the bee trapping device 3 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the bee trapping device 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bee trapping device 3 mainly includes a light emitting unit 11 (corresponding to attracting means), a barrier unit 32, and a catching unit 33.

The light emitting unit 11 has the same configuration as that of the bee trapping device 1, but is housed in the case 34.

The barrier portion 32 is formed of a transparent member and closes the side of the case 34. Thereby, the light emitting portion 11 can be seen through the barrier portion 32. The barrier portion 32 has an acute angle between the collision surface and the horizontal direction.

The catch part 33 is a container whose upper part is open. The container contains, for example, a liquid that is harmless to the human body and renders the bees inactive. For example, liquor and edible oil having a high alcohol content are used. Although not common, it is said that there are areas where bee liquor is soaked in shochu to make bee liquor. According to the bee trapping device 3, since no insecticide or the like is used, the trapped bee can be used for such a thing.

Further, according to the bee trapping device 3, since the bee collides only with the barrier section 32, the light emitting section 11 is prevented from being damaged and cleaning is facilitated.

A mirror-like reflector may be provided on the opposite side of the light emitting unit 11 from the barrier unit 32 side, such as a flashlight or an automobile headlight. Since the light becomes stronger and the light source becomes larger, an increase in the attractive effect can be expected. Further, the barrier section 32 may be lens-cut. According to this, light in an unnecessary direction can be cut or light in a specific direction can be strengthened.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, the bee trapping device 4 according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the bee trapping device 4.

The bee catching device 4 is different from the bee catching device 1 only in the attack target part 41 (corresponding to attracting means), and therefore only the attack target part 41 will be described. The description of the configuration similar to that of the bee trapping device 1 is omitted, and the reference numerals thereof are cited.

The attack target portion 41 is black and has the shape of a human hand, and can be quickly reciprocated left and right by a driving unit (not shown). Among the bee exterminating specialists, bees attack the dark ones that move rapidly in the horizontal direction, so they are trying to attract bees by using this bee's habit. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the color is black, but it does not necessarily have to be black, and the shape does not have to be a human hand. Also, the theory of attacking a thing that moves in a horizontal direction with a dark color has little scientific grounds, and of course, if a target showing more aggressiveness is found, it may be used.

At night, it is effective to use the light emitting unit 11 as the attracting means, but at daytime, the effect cannot be expected as much as at night. For this reason, in the daytime, it is considered effective to use a target that the bee exhibits aggression as the attraction means.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above-mentioned content is merely related to one embodiment of the present invention and does not mean that the present invention is limited to the above-mentioned content. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the light emitting unit 11 and the attack target unit 41 are used as the attracting means, but a device with an odor may be used. It is said that hornets release a venom containing an alarm pheromone when attacking, and it is said that the alarm pheromone attracts the hornet, so by adding a smell similar to the alarm pheromone itself or the alarm pheromone. The reason is that the attractive effect can be expected to increase.

1 Bee trapping device 2 Bee trapping device 3 Bee trapping device 4 Bee trapping device 11 Light emitting part (induction means)
12 Barrier part 13 Catch part 22 Barrier part 32 Barrier part 33 Catch part 41 Attack target part (attracting means)

Claims (4)

A device for capturing bees,
Inviting means to attract bees,
A barrier part that collides with the bees flying toward the attracting means to drop or lower the flight altitude,
A catch part provided below the barrier part for catching a bee that has fallen or has lowered its flight altitude,
A bee trapping device comprising: The bee trapping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attracting unit is a light emitting unit that emits light that attracts bees. The bee trapping apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the barrier portion has a flat collision surface, and an angle formed by the collision surface and a horizontal direction is a right angle or an acute angle. The bee trapping device according to claim 2, wherein the collision surface has a function of reflecting the light emitted by the light emitting unit.