JP5105267B2 - Acaricide testing apparatus and acaricide member - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus used for testing a pesticide for controlling a tick such as a honeybee mite, which is an ectoparasite pest of a honeybee, and a tick control member for applying the tested pesticide.

  Conventionally, many testing members that use plastic materials such as vinyl chloride and coated with an insecticide on the surface thereof have been commercially available for testing honeybee moth mite control agents that are ectoparasites of honeybees (Patent Document 1). Yes.

  However, the above-mentioned mite-controlling members made of vinyl chloride are difficult to rot, so they cannot be thrown away in the mountains after use, and there are residues of insecticide and vinyl chloride that are also applied for incineration. The odor was generated from, which could adversely affect the surrounding residents.

  Therefore, there is a need for a tick removal member that does not adversely affect the environment even if it is subjected to decay treatment or incineration after use, and is easy to discard.

  The tick removal member is required to satisfy the following conditions. That is, (1) Bees that have lost their needles due to an attack will die, so they will not stimulate the aggressiveness of the bees. (2) Since the inside of the nest box is at a high temperature of 35 degrees, there are many volatiles of disinfectant at a time. It is generated and does not fill, (3) the volatiles of the extermination drug do not affect the eggs and larvae, and (4) it has an acaricidal effect by contact with the drug. Furthermore, since it currently relies on expensive foreign products, there is a demand for inexpensive domestic products.

JP 2006-124377 A

  Therefore, the present invention is an acaricide that is easy to dispose of, does not stimulate the aggressiveness of bees, does not generate volatiles at a time, and does not affect eggs and larvae, and is tested only by contact with bees. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tick control member that migrates to a bee and a tick control agent testing device for experimenting and verifying the mite control agent to be tested.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a rearing cage 2 having an open top surface and a lid 2a and at least a bottom portion having a net 2c, a top end sealed and a feeding hole 3b at the bottom end. A feeding tube 3 that is inserted and locked in an insertion hole 2b formed in 2a and stores bee food inside, a tray 4 for placing the breeding basket 2, and a test suspended in the breeding basket 2 The tick control agent test apparatus is characterized by comprising a control member soaked with the mite control agent 5e. Moreover, it was set as the tick control agent testing apparatus characterized by the said removal material being a woody material. In addition, the acaricide testing apparatus is characterized in that the extermination member is a piece of wood impregnated with a mixture of beeswax and paraffin and coated with an acaricide to be tested on the surface. In addition, the feeding pipe is formed with an expanded portion 3a at the upper end and sealed, and provided at the lower end, which is the other end, with a feeding hole 3b that opens upward from the horizontal, and is inserted through the lid 2a. 2. The tick control agent testing device according to any one of the above, characterized in that the feeding tube 3 is inserted into 2 b and is locked to the lid 2 a by the extension portion 3 a to collect bee food inside.

  Also, a tick control member for use in the effectiveness test of a tick control agent, wherein a mixture of beeswax and paraffin is impregnated into a piece of wood, the test product for mite control is applied, and dried. It was set as the structure of the member.

  The tick extermination member, which is a woody material such as a piece of wood that has been tested and verified in the present invention, is an organic matter, so if it is buried in the soil, it will rot and become soil, and even if it is incinerated, it will not generate bad odors and will be easily Can be discarded.

  In addition, since the inside of the tick control member of the present invention is impregnated with beeswax and paraffin, the amount of the mite control agent can be suppressed to the amount necessary for adhering to the surface of the material (20-30% of the conventional). In addition, since the generation of volatile matter from the inside of the removal member is suppressed by the mite removal agent applied on the surface, the influence on the bees in the nest box at high temperatures can be prevented.

  Furthermore, the mixture of beeswax and paraffin soaked in the inside of the tick control member moderates the aggressiveness of the bees. it can.

  Moreover, the indoor toxicity test | work work over a long time, such as 24 hours after 48 hours, can be easily performed with the feeding tube used with a tick control agent testing apparatus.

It is a perspective view of the tick control agent testing device which is the present invention. It is an exploded view of the tick control agent testing device which is the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the state which uses the tick control agent testing apparatus which is this invention. It is AA sectional view taken on the line of the feeding pipe of the tick control agent test device which is the present invention. It is a perspective view of the tick control member used with the tick control agent testing device which is the present invention. It is the figure which showed the state which installed the tick control agent testing apparatus which is this invention in the nest box. It is the flowchart which showed the preparation method of the tick control member used with the tick control agent testing apparatus which is this invention.

  Easy to dispose of, does not stimulate the bee's aggressiveness, does not concentrate volatiles at a time, does not affect eggs and larvae, and has an acaricidal effect by simply touching it. It was realized by impregnating the mixture of the above and applying a tick control agent on the surface, and the experiment and verification were realized by a tick control agent test apparatus equipped with a feeding tube.

  Next, the tick control agent testing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an acaricide testing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the acaricide testing apparatus, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a state where the acaricide testing apparatus is used, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a tick control member used in the tick control agent testing apparatus, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the tick control test apparatus is installed in the nest box. It is.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the tick control agent testing apparatus 1 according to the present invention has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped cage 2 having an open top surface, a lid 2a, and a front and rear, left, and right bottom surface being a net 2c, A feeding tube 3 formed with an extension 3a at the upper end and a feeding hole 3b at the lower end and inserted through the insertion hole 2b drilled in the lid 2a, a tray 4 for placing the breeding basket 2, and a flat plate It consists of a wooden piece 5d and a tick control member 5 that is applied with a tick control agent to be tested and is suspended in the rearing cage 2. The said tick extermination member 5 is latched by the said cage | basket 2 with the fastener 5a with which the string 5b was equipped. Here, although the rearing cage 2 is shown as a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, the bottom portion only needs to be flat in order to be placed on the tray 4, and may be cylindrical as a whole, and the top surface does not need to be flat. . By providing the tray 4, it is possible to collect the mites that have been killed and dropped by the mite-controlling agent, and it is possible to easily confirm the effectiveness of the tick-controlling agent.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rearing basket 2 is installed in the tray 4, and the tick control member 5a attached to the tick control member 5 is hung on the upper edge of the rearing basket 2 in the rearing basket 2. 5 is suspended and fixed with the lid 2a, a plurality of bees 6, 6, 6... Are placed in the rearing cage 2 and the feeding tube 3 is inserted into the insertion hole 2b of the lid 2a. The pesticide testing device 1 is installed.

  At this time, liquid feed 3 c is injected into the feed tube 3, and the bees 6 can obtain the feed 3 c from the feed holes 3 b provided at the lower end of the feed tube 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rearing cage 2 has a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape, the front and rear, right and left surfaces and the bottom surface are net 2c surfaces, and only the top surface is open. A lid 2a is attached to the open upper surface of the rearing cage 2, and an insertion hole 2b for attaching the feeding tube 3 is formed in the center of the lid 2a. Further, the lid 2a may be a net, or only the bottom may be a net, and the upper side surface may be simply secured by providing a hole or the like. In addition, if the lid | cover 2a is a net | network, what is necessary is just to latch the feeding pipe 3 in the hole of the lattice.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the feeding tube 3 is a hollow tube, and only the lower end is opened to form a feeding hole 3b. Moreover, the diameter of the feeding pipe 3 decreases from the middle part toward the lower end, and has a substantially J shape in which the lower end part is greatly curved so that the feeding hole 3b faces the side surface.

  The extended portion 3a formed at the upper end of the feeding tube 3 has a diameter larger than the insertion hole 2b of the lid 2a, and serves as a stopper when the feeding tube 3 is attached to the lid 2a. As shown in FIG. It is possible to maintain a state in which 3 is suspended in the center of the rearing cage 2.

  In this way, the feeding tube 3 can be installed in the rearing cage 2 without the need for a special device, it is possible to easily investigate ticks that have fallen after drug administration, and there is a risk of drug contamination. Few.

  In other words, in a straight tube type feeder or an underlay feeder, when the bee eats the food, the bee's chest is brought into contact with the food, so that toxicity is transferred from the bee's chest to the food. Although the possibility of the occurrence was great, in the substantially J-shaped feeding tube 3 as in the present invention, the honeybee's chest does not come into contact with the food because it feeds the feeding hole for each animal. The risk of transfer of toxicity is low.

  As described above, by making the feeding tube 3 substantially J-shaped, it is easy to handle and labor-saving for experimental investigations, and there is no concern about drug contamination.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the tick control member 5 is composed of a flat wooden piece 5d, and a tick control agent 5e to be tested is applied to the surface. Moreover, the hole 5c is drilled in the wooden piece 5d, and the fastener 5a can be attached via the string 5b. The tick extermination member 5 is not limited to a piece of wood. (1) Bees that have lost their needles due to attack die and therefore do not stimulate the aggressiveness of the bees. (2) The nest box is at a high temperature of 35 degrees. Therefore, a lot of volatiles of the disinfectant are generated at a time and do not fill, (3) the volatiles of the disinfectant do not affect the eggs and larvae, and (4) there is an acaricidal effect by contact with the agent Various woody materials can be employed as long as the material satisfies the above conditions.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the tick control agent 5 e applied to the tick control member 5 is installed in a small nest box 7 with the tick control test apparatus 1 according to the present invention placed on the tray 4. Experiment to determine if there is an effect to control honeybee mite.

  Next, a method for creating the tick removal member 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a method for producing a tick control member used in the tick control agent testing apparatus according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the “wood material selection 8a” is first performed in the “tick extermination member creating method 8”. The wood material used in the tick control member 5 is preferably wood zelkova, but is not particularly limited. When wood is selected as the woody material, the wood is made into small pieces (wood pieces 5d) (about 1.5 cm × 5 cm), and a hole 5c is formed near the end.

  Next, using the piece of wood 5d, the “wood piece is placed in a heated mixture and processed 8b” is performed. This mixture is a mixture of beeswax and paraffin in a ratio of 1: 1, and penetrates into the wooden piece 5d.

  Next, in the process of “8c soaking the mixture into the wood pieces”, the wood piece 5d is soaked with the mixture of beeswax and paraffin, and then in the process of “surface treatment 8d”, the iron plate that has heated the excess mixture on the surface of the wood pieces 5d is pressed. Remove by spreading thinly while applying.

  Next, “wood piece is dipped in an acaricide (solution) 8e” is performed. This process is a process of applying a tick control agent, which seems to be effective for the control of honeybees and mites, to the surface of the wood piece 5d. By covering the surface of the wood piece 5d soaked with the mixture with the pesticide solution, the generation of volatile substances from the inside of the wood can be suppressed.

  Finally, “wood pieces are air-dried 8f”. As described above, the piece of wood 5d in which the mixed solution is soaked and the surface is coated with the mite-controlling agent 5e is dried to prepare a preparation, thereby completing the tick-controlling member.

  The tick control member 5 created in the above process is attached to the tick control agent test apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 6 and “installs a piece of wood in the nest box 8 g”. If the mite-controlling agent applied to the surface of the wooden piece 5d is effective for the control of honeybee moths, the bees will “kill mites by contacting the wooden pieces 8h”.

  By using the tick control agent testing apparatus 1 having the tick control member 5 created in the above process, a new tick control candidate can be obtained without stimulating the bees and without affecting the eggs and larvae of the bees. You can experiment with the miticide effect.

  Next, a method for testing an acaricide using the acaricide testing apparatus 1 will be described.

  First, 25 honeybees infested with honeybee mites are placed in the tick control agent testing apparatus 1 according to the present invention, a tick control member 5 is installed, and a feeding tube 3 containing food 3c is installed. In addition, the tick control agent test apparatus 1 was used, and the test was conducted with a total of 100 bees. Further, Mabrick EW (registered trademark) for controlling plant parasitic insects manufactured by Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. was used as a tick controlling agent diluted 10 times with water. Mabrik EW (registered trademark) is an emulsion containing flavinate (19% by weight) as a control component.

  In the above state, bees were raised in a room at 25 degrees Celsius, and the number of living and dead honey bees and honey bee mites 24 hours later was measured.

  As a result, all the bees were dead, and all the bees were alive.

  Also, in the bee hive, the tick control member can be used for tick control. The lower part of the nest box is a wire mesh, and a box for collecting falling ticks is provided at the lower part. A paper coated with petrolatum was laid on the repair box, and the mite control member 5 was placed on the paper. As a result, it was confirmed that ticks were dropped in the collection box. Therefore, the tick control member 5 is effective even in a nest box where 1 to 20,000 bees live. In this test, it was confirmed that countless honeybees were dead, and that all honeybees were alive.

  As described above, the acaricide test apparatus and the disinfecting member according to the present invention can perform the effectiveness test of the acaricide while reducing the aggression of bees with a smaller amount of acaricide than before. Moreover, since the disinfecting member rots in the soil and becomes soil, it can be easily disposed of, so it is suitable for the control of mites parasitic on bees and the experiment and verification of a new acaricide.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tick control agent test device 2 Rearing cage 2a Lid 2b Insertion hole 2c Net 3 Feeding pipe 3a Expansion part 3b Feeding hole 3c Feed 4 Tray 5 Tick control member 5a Fastening 5b Pimp 5c Hole 5d Wood chip 5e Mite control 6 Nest 8 How to make a tick extermination member 8a Select wood material 8b Put wood pieces into a heated mixture 8c Infuse the wood pieces with the mixture 8d Surface treatment 8e Soak the wood pieces in the acaricide solution 8f Dry the wood pieces 8g Place the wood pieces in the nest box Installation 8h Tick dies by contact with wood chip

Claims (5)

  A rearing cage whose upper surface is open and has a lid and at least the bottom is a net, and the upper end is sealed, and a feeding hole is provided at the lower end and inserted and locked in an insertion hole formed in the lid. A tick repellent testing apparatus comprising: a feeding tube for storing the food; a tray for placing the rearing cage; and a disinfecting member suspended in the rearing cage and impregnated with a repellent to be tested.   The tick control agent testing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control material is a wood material.   2. The tick control agent testing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control member is a piece of wood impregnated with a mixture of beeswax and paraffin and coated with a tick control agent to be tested on the surface.   The feeding pipe is formed with an extended portion at the upper end and sealed, and provided with a feeding hole opened from the horizontal to the upper end at the lower end, which is the other end, and is inserted into an insertion hole formed in the lid and The tick control agent testing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the feeding tube is engaged with the lid at an extended portion and stores bee food inside.   A tick control member for use in an effectiveness test for a tick control agent, wherein a mixture of beeswax and paraffin is impregnated into a piece of wood, and the tick control agent to be tested is applied and dried.

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