JP3192877U - Honeycomb structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a honeybee gantry structure which can surely prevent bee splitting and has a simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost. SOLUTION: This is a nest box structure in which bees enter and exit from a bee hive box 12 having a nest chamber 22 for accommodating a bee nest, and a nest box having a first opening 14 having a size that allows both a queen bee B1 and a worker bee B2 to freely pass through. The first opening wall 16 and the front part of the first opening wall 14 are arranged so as to cover the first opening 14, and the working bee B2 communicates with the first opening 14 and has a size that allows the worker bee B2 to freely pass inside and outside the box and is a queen bee. It comprises a front chamber box 20 having a second opening 18 of a size that B1 cannot pass through, and a honey bee hive structure 10 comprising. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a honeycomb gate structure that prevents bees kept in a honeycomb box from separating.

  In the beekeeping industry, bees are bred in beehives, and honey and beeswax collected by bees are collected for livelihood.However, the number of bees bred in beehives depends on the amount of honey and other factors, Become. There are many working bees and queen bees in the swarm of bees, but when a queen bee lays eggs and a new queen bee is born, the new (child) queen bee remains in the nest box, and the old (parent) queen bee brings about half of the worker bees. A bee is generated as it goes out of the hive. Bee splitting is a means for expanding the number of bees for bees themselves, but when they are split, the number of bees in the nest box is greatly reduced and the yield of honey etc. is reduced. For traders, they are often hit hard. Therefore, beekeepers need to be frequently monitored and managed in advance to prevent bee splitting. Conventionally, for example, various treatments such as cutting the queen bee feathers in advance so that the queen bee cannot fly far from the nest box have been performed. However, it was difficult to know when the new queen bee was born, and it was necessary to carry out treatments such as feather cutting while manually checking a large number of nest boxes, which required labor and time. Furthermore, the period during which honeybees can occur is long from spring to autumn, and there is no way to know when the honeybees will occur. It is necessary to manage them over a long period of time. For this reason, there is a problem that the certainty of prevention of bee separation is low for a large amount of labor.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a bee splitting detection system for detecting the occurrence of a split bee in a bee and collecting the split bee. The bee splitting detection system of Patent Document 1 has a bee nest having at least a nest plate forming region in which a bee forms a nest plate and a nest gate which is an entrance of the bee in a substantially closed internal space. A dense bee detecting means for detecting the formation of the dense is installed near the nest gate. The dense bee detection means detects a sign of occurrence of a bee by detecting the formation of a dense bee with a light sensor, a passage sensor, or a temperature sensor.

JP 2014-68606 A

  However, the bee honeybee detection system of Patent Document 1 uses electrical and electronic equipment such as an optical sensor and a temperature sensor, so that the structure is complicated and the manufacturing cost and operation cost are high, and the nest box itself is greatly modified. Therefore, it was difficult to introduce it easily and inexpensively. In particular, the technique of Patent Document 1 detects signs of bee splitting in bees and does not attempt to prevent the occurrence of splitting of bees. Etc., and it was not possible to prevent the splitting of bees reliably.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and one object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb structure that can reliably prevent splitting of bees and can be manufactured at a low cost with a simple structure. .

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a structure of a nest that allows a bee to enter and exit from a honeycomb box 12 having a nest chamber 22 that accommodates a honeycomb, and a queen bee (B1) and a worker bee (B2) can pass freely. A first opening wall 16 of a nest box having a first opening 14 of a size, and a bee (B2) that is arranged in front of the first opening wall 14 so as to cover the first opening 14 and communicates with the first opening 14 And a front chamber box 20 having a second opening 18 sized to freely pass through the inside and outside of the box and through which the queen bee (B1) cannot pass. .

  Moreover, the 2nd opening 18 is good also as having several holes (46) which connect external EX and the front chamber box inside (30).

  The second opening 18 may include a horizontally long slit hole 46.

  Moreover, the 2nd opening 18 is good also as being provided so that opening and closing is possible.

  According to the honeycomb structure of the present invention, it is a structure of a nest that allows a bee to enter and exit from a honeycomb box having a nest chamber that accommodates a honeycomb, and has a first opening that allows a queen bee and a worker bee to pass freely. The first opening wall of the nest box and the front opening of the first opening wall are arranged so as to cover the first opening, communicated with the first opening, and have a size that allows the bees to freely pass inside and outside the box and the queen bee cannot pass. And the front chamber box having the second opening of the size, the second opening of the front chamber box restricts the queen bee from going outside, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the split bee. . Furthermore, the structure is simple and can be manufactured at low cost. In particular, the front chamber box having the second opening can be manufactured, and a nest structure that can easily prevent splitting of the bee can be constructed simply by attaching it to an existing honey box.

  In addition, the second opening has a plurality of holes communicating with the outside and the inside of the front chamber box, so that a large number of working bees can enter and exit at the same time by providing a plurality of holes through which the working bees can pass and the queen bees cannot pass As a result, honey and the like can be efficiently harvested without reducing the honey collecting power of bees and the like.

  In addition, the second opening has a configuration including a horizontally long slit hole, and by adjusting the height of the slit hole, a worker bee can pass and a hole through which the queen bee cannot pass can be realized with a simple structure. As a result of the structure, a large number of worker bees can enter and exit at the same time. As a result, it is possible to efficiently harvest honey and the like without deteriorating the concentration of honey such as bees while reliably preventing bees.

  Moreover, the second opening can be easily opened and closed as necessary by adopting a configuration in which the second opening is provided to be freely opened and closed. For example, when the worker bees are accommodated and managed in the nest box at night or when moving the hive, the second opening can be closed with the front chamber box attached to prevent the worker bees from entering and exiting. .

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional explanatory drawing of the principal part of the honeycomb gate structure which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective explanatory view shown in the state which isolate | separated the front chamber box with the honeycomb gate structure of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the front side of the front chamber box of the honeycomb gate structure of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the back side of the front chamber box of FIG. It is a front view of the front chamber box of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the other Example of the front chamber box of a honeycomb gate structure.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the honeycomb gate structure of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The honeycomb gate structure of the present invention is a doorway structure for working bees suitable for preventing, for example, the bees from separating from a honeycomb box being bred. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the honeycomb structure of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, in this embodiment, the honeycomb structure 10 is a structure of a nest that allows the honeycomb to enter and exit from the honeycomb box 12. The honeycomb structure 10 includes a first opening wall 16 of a hive box 12 provided with a first opening 14 and a front chamber box 20 having a second opening 18. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the main part of the nest box 12 is shown and the other parts are omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the honeycomb box 12 is, for example, a conventionally known nest box, and is formed of a rectangular box-like body having a nest chamber 22 that accommodates the honeycomb. The honeycomb box 12 has, for example, a wooden side wall 26 and a side wall 26 that surrounds the four circumferences. The top surface is closed by a detachable lid 28, and the internal space is a nest chamber 22. In the nest chamber 22, although not shown, for example, a plurality of nest plates that serve as beehives and store bees, beeswax, and the like are arranged side by side in parallel with the plate surfaces upright. In FIG. 2, two-stage nest boxes that communicate with each other are stacked and closed on the upper end surface of the upper nest box 122, but the nest boxes are stacked in one or more stages. Also good.

  One side wall 26 of the lower nest box 12 is provided with a first opening 14 for a bee to enter and exit, and constitutes a first opening wall 16. The first opening 14 is a nest gate provided in the conventionally known nest box 12, and is formed in a size that allows the worker bee B2 and the queen bee B1 to pass freely. In addition, the nest gate of the conventional nest box 12 is generally formed in such a size that other pests and pests such as wasps cannot pass through. In the present embodiment, the first opening 14 is provided in the shape of a horizontally elongated substantially trapezoidal slit so that the worker honeycomb box 12 can be moved in and out to some extent efficiently. For example, when the bee type is honeybee, the height width H1 of the first opening 14 is set to about 6 to 7 mm. The height of the first opening 14 may be set according to the type of bees to be bred. 2, 29 is a trapdoor type opening / closing plate that opens and closes the first opening 14 provided in the conventionally known nest box 12, and is held at a position raised upward via a locking device (not shown). ing. The opening / closing plate 29 opens and closes the first opening 14 in a state where the front chamber box 20 is not attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front chamber box 20 has an interior space 30 that is hollow and has a predetermined size, and a front portion of the first opening wall 16 in which the first opening 14 is provided. Therefore, the first opening 14 is disposed so as to cover the first opening 14. The front chamber box 20 communicates with the first opening 14 and has a second opening 18 that communicates the external EX with the indoor space 30. In the present embodiment, the front chamber box 20 is provided separately from the nest box 12, for example, and is externally fixed to the outer surface side of the first opening wall 16. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, the front chamber box 20 is, for example, a horizontally long rectangular frame-shaped hollow box having an opening 32 on the side facing the first opening wall 16. It is formed larger than the first opening so as to cover the first opening 14. The front chamber box 20 is integrated with the front part 34 having a horizontally long rectangular shape opposed to the front part of the first opening 14 and the four sides of the front part 34 toward the rear side (first opening wall side). The upper wall portion 36, the lower wall portion 38, the right wall portion 40, and the left wall portion 42 are provided so as to project in the interior, and the indoor space 30 is formed in the interior surrounded by the four wall portions 36 to 42. The front chamber box 20 has, for example, a plurality of (four in the drawing) mounting holes 44 drilled therein, and is fixed to the outer surface of the first opening wall 16 of the nest box through nails, screws, or the like. When the front chamber box 20 is fixed to the first opening wall 16, the indoor space 30 communicates with the first opening 14, and the indoor space 30 is closed from the outside by the upper, lower, left, and right wall portions 36 to 42. And communicated with the outside through the second opening 18 provided in the front surface portion 34. That is, the front portion 34 provided with the second opening 18 is installed at a position spaced apart from the first opening 14 to some extent, and the indoor space 30 in which the worker bee B2 can freely move is secured. In the present embodiment, the front-rear width of the indoor space 30, that is, the separation width between the first opening 14 and the second opening 18, is set to about 15 mm, for example. The separation width between the first opening 14 and the second opening 18 is preferably set to 10 mm or more in consideration of the efficiency of entering and exiting the worker bees.

  The second opening 18 is an opening for entering and exiting a bee that communicates with the outside in the front chamber box 20, and is formed with a size that allows the worker bee B2 to freely pass inside and outside the box and a size that prevents the queen bee B1 from passing therethrough. That is, the 2nd opening 18 is a control means which prevents that the queen bee B1 goes outside, and can prevent the bee which generate | occur | produces when a queen bee goes out outside reliably. For example, if the height H1 of the existing nest box 12, that is, the first opening 14 is narrowed so that the worker bees can pass freely inside and outside the box and the queen bees cannot pass, the bees can be prevented. However, since the passage opening becomes narrow, it becomes difficult for a large number of worker bees to enter and exit. As in the present embodiment, in the front chamber box 20, the second opening 18, which is a size that allows a worker bee to pass freely and a size that a queen bee cannot pass, is disposed at a position separated from the first opening, and the indoor space 30 is By adopting a configuration in which the honeybees are communicated with each other, it is possible to maintain a high concentration efficiency by smoothly moving a large number of worker bees in and out while having a structure capable of suppressing the passage of the queen bee. In the present embodiment, the second opening 18 includes, for example, a plurality of horizontally long slit holes 46. The slit holes 46 are opened in parallel in a matrix in the vertical and horizontal directions on the front surface 34 of the front chamber box 20 by a lattice frame 48. For example, the frame 48 is provided by assembling a plurality of elongated rod-like frame members vertically and horizontally, and a horizontally elongated slit 46 is formed between the elongated rod-shaped frame members in the front-rear direction. The slit hole 46 is configured such that a worker bee can pass freely and a queen bee cannot pass by setting the height width H2 of the slit hole with a predetermined gap. For example, when the bee type is honeybee, the height H2 of the slit holes is set to about 4 mm. Note that the height of the slit hole may be arbitrarily set according to the type of bees. The second opening 18 is not limited to a slit hole, and may be any shape as long as it is a hole having a size that allows a worker bee to pass therethrough and does not allow a queen bee to pass, such as a round hole or a square hole. In the present embodiment, for example, the front chamber box 20 including the frame body 48 is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin such as plastic as a whole. In addition, the frame body 48 portion may be provided as a separate member and fixed to the front chamber box 20 main body so as to be fixed or freely openable.

  Next, the operation of the honeycomb gate structure of the present invention will be described. For example, the front chamber box 20 manufactured by providing the second opening 18 is prepared, the nest of the existing honeycomb box 12 is the first opening 14, and the side wall 26 provided with the nest is the first opening wall 16. The front chamber box 20 is fixed so as to cover the first opening 14. Normally, the worker bee B2 can freely enter and exit through the first opening 14 of the nest box 12 and the second opening 18 of the front chamber box 20 to collect honey, beeswax, and the like. At this time, since the indoor space 30 of the front chamber box 20 is secured and a large number of worker bees can enter and exit from the plurality of slit holes 46, the efficiency of collecting honey is not lowered. When the queen bee B1 lays eggs and a new queen bee is born, the old queen bee B1 tries to go out of the nest box 12, but even if it passes through the first opening 14, the queen bee is caused by the second opening 18. B1 is restricted from going outside. As a result, even if the manager does not monitor frequently, beekeeping can be efficiently carried out while reliably preventing the occurrence of splitting.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, it is good also as a structure which can open and close the 2nd opening 18 of the front chamber box 20. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, for example, an opening / closing plate 50 that simultaneously opens and closes a plurality of slit holes in the front portion of the front chamber box 20 is provided. The opening / closing plate 50 is slidably provided, for example, via a rail portion 52 projecting from the front portion 34 of the front chamber box, and the opening / closing plate 50 is slid by hand as necessary to provide the second opening 18. Open and close. The configuration for opening and closing the second opening may be any other configuration such as, for example, a hinged door type, a trap door type, or a structure in which two plates provided with a plurality of holes are slid and opened and closed. Moreover, it is good also as providing the structure which can open and close the 1st opening 14 in the state which attached the front chamber box 20. FIG.

  The honeycomb gate structure of the present invention described above is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment alone, and any modification can be made without departing from the essence of the present invention described in the claims of the utility model registration. You may go.

  The honeycomb gate structure of the present invention is suitably used when raising bees by collecting bees or beeswax.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Honeycomb structure 12 Nest box 14 1st opening 16 1st opening wall 18 2nd opening 20 Front chamber box 22 Nest chamber 46 Slit hole 48 Frame

Claims (4)

It is a structure of a nest that a bee enters and exits from a honeycomb box having a nest chamber that accommodates a honeycomb,
A first opening wall of a nest box having a first opening large enough to allow a queen bee and a worker bee to pass freely;
A second opening that is disposed in front of the first opening wall and covers the first opening and has a size that allows the working bees to freely pass inside and outside the box and that the queen bees cannot pass through. A honeycomb structure characterized by including a front chamber box.   2. The honeycomb gate structure according to claim 1, wherein the second opening has a plurality of holes communicating with the outside and the inside of the front chamber box.   The honeycomb structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second opening includes a horizontally long slit hole.   The honeycomb structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second opening is provided so as to be freely opened and closed.

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