RU2218757C1 - Bee keeping apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: apiculture. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has at least one rectangular honeycomb frames with slots in mid portions of their side plank edges, said planks forming dividing projections at plank ends. Plank on upper side of honeycomb frame is provided with recess for passage of foundation. At least one side of honeycomb frame is provided with projecting legs. Side and lower planks of honeycomb frame have on their inner surfaces foundation receiving slots. In apparatus using several honeycomb frames rigidly and detachably joined to one another and adjoining to one another along side edges, said rigid and detachable joining is provided with flexible clips located on side surfaces of honeycomb frames in mid portion of their height. Apparatus is used as individual bee keeping and brood rearing device or it may be joined to similar apparatuses for forming of block. Apparatus allows honey yield to be provided with hive bee keeping or bee keeping free of hives. EFFECT: increased efficiency and wider operational capabilities. 6 cl, 3 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to beekeeping, in particular to the design of individual honeycomb frames and blocks of them used for keeping and breeding bees.

State of the art
The most common devices for keeping bees, consisting of one or more honeycombs, which are adapted for installation in the hive housing with support on the shoulders in the upper part of the structure (see, for example, patents DE 4011168, RU 2168890, US 2604643, EP 671122 and others) . Such hanging honeycombs do not have interchangeability in different types of beehives and are very inconvenient when transporting bee colonies, because with jolts on rough roads or with sharp braking, the shoulders of the honeycombs break off, leading to the death of bees.

 Also known are honeycomb frames that are fixed inside the hive using guide grooves specially made in the hive housing of recesses or blind holes where protrusions of the honeycomb frames are inserted (US Pat. No. 2,919,450). All these designs are very difficult to manufacture.

 Frames of a square shape are known, which are tightly mounted in four rows in box-shaped holders (GB 2023395 patent). In each of the four planks forming the frame, recesses are made in the middle of the lateral edges. Each two adjacent frames in the holder, due to these recesses, form four elongated holes (two horizontal and two vertical) to move the bees between the frames. Frames can be installed either side down. But their number in the holder (24 frames) is strictly set by its dimensions. If there is not enough at least one frame, all the others will be in the holder in an unstable position. In addition, in this framework there is no wax and part of the time and effort of the bees is spent on the construction of honeycombs. Finally, even small gaps between the frame and the wall of the holder, as well as between the frame and the bottom of the holder, the bees close up with propolis, which makes it very difficult to remove the frames from the holder.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention allows to combine the simplicity of the design of the honeycomb with the convenience of their use, and also makes it possible to obtain honey, both with beehive and bezuleny keeping bees. The photo frames can stand freely (mainly in blocks of three) at the bottom of the hive or on another fairly flat surface.

 The device for keeping bees consists of at least one quadrangular honeycomb, on the sides of which in the middle part of the edges there are recesses. The planks forming the sides of the honeycomb, on top, have a slot for the passage of the wax and protrusions-legs on at least one of the other sides.

 The protruding legs are preferably on the underside of the honeycomb. That is, they are usually a continuation of the side bars of the honeycomb beyond the lower bar of the honeycomb. However, the protrusions-legs can be formed by the continuation of the upper and lower laths of the frame on the side laths on one or both sides. In such cases, if necessary, the honeycomb or block of honeycombs can be located or stand freely in the position with the side down.

 For a more stable position in the hive or without it, the device for keeping bees can consist of several honeycombs (preferably three), rigidly and detachably connected to each other in a block and adjacent to one another along the edges of the sides. When arranging a block of exactly three honeycombs, the middle one stabilizes the state of the bees, preventing them from being excited when the block is taken away from the family. This allows you to work with bees without the use of smoke and protective equipment.

 The simplest connection of this kind is provided by elastic brackets of metal, plastic or other suitable material mounted on the sides of the honeycombs in the middle of their height. Typically, staples are used in pairs on opposite sides of a honeycomb block. The ends of the brackets are in the recesses on the edges of the side strips and do not prevent the increase in the number of blocks of honeycombs and their tight closure.

Brief Description of the Drawings
Figure 1 shows in axonometric projection an assembled device for keeping bees, consisting of one honeycomb and separately the trims from which the honeycomb is assembled.

 Figure 2 shows a honeycomb with a half-wax inserted into it.

 FIG. 3 shows a device for keeping bees from three honeycomb frames interconnected by means of an elastic bracket.

 The device for keeping bees includes at least one quadrangular honeycomb 1, on the side planks 2 of which recesses are made in the middle part of the edges 3. The upper plank 4 has a slot 5 for passage of the wax 6. The slot 5 can be longitudinally through, separating the upper plank 4 on two separate slats. On any or all but the upper sides of the honeycomb 1 there are protrusions-legs 7. Most often, the protrusions-legs 7 are located on the lower side of the honeycomb 1 and are a continuation of the side strips 2. But the protrusions-legs can also be made a continuation of the upper and lower strips one or both sides. In the drawings (FIGS. 1-3), such legs are shown disproportionately elongated. The space between the protrusions-legs, on which the block of honeycombs stands, serves as a notch for the bees, allowing them to penetrate into the block.

 Wax 6, with its lower edge, rests on the lower bar 8 of the honeycomb 1. For a more reliable fixation of the wax 6 in the lower bar 8, a groove 9 is made. The same grooves can be made in the side bars 2.

 Preferred dimensions of the honeycomb: 290x215 mm (together with protrusions-legs); the height of the protrusions-legs 10 mm; strip width 25 mm; the width of the strips together with the protrusions-separators 35 mm; slot width and grooves for wax 5 mm.

 The device may contain several honeycombs that are interconnected rigidly and demountably and adjacent to one another along the edges of the sides.

 In a preferred embodiment, the stiffness of the detachable connection of the honeycomb to each other is ensured by elastic brackets 10 mounted on the sides of the honeycomb in the middle of their height.

 In the most optimal unit, three honeycombs are connected to each other.

 The author calls his invention or its specific forms “Theotokos of the Mother of God” and “Theotokos of the Mother of God”, because he had the Revelation of the Virgin, in which the Mother of God discovered the Natural Laws of the formation of the bee family and indicated those constructions by which these laws can be most fully implemented .

Industrial applicability
Unlike all previous devices of this kind, the present invention, excluding the suspension of honeycombs, allows you to place the honeycombs and their blocks freely standing on the bottom of the hives, as well as in other containers (for example, boxes) or in any other closed from the weather (under the film, under tarpaulin and so on).

Claims (6)

1. A device for keeping bees, comprising at least one quadrangular honeycomb, on the side planks of which in the middle part of the edges there are recesses that leave separator protrusions at the ends of the planks, characterized in that the plank on the upper side of the honeycomb has a slot for passage of wax, and at least one of the other sides has leg protrusions. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the protrusions-legs are on the lower side of the honeycomb. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the side and lower trims of the honeycomb have grooves on the inner surface for installing waxes. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains several honeycombs connected rigidly and releasably, and adjacent to one another along the edges of the sides. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the rigid detachable connection of the honeycomb with each other provides an elastic bracket mounted on the sides of the honeycomb in the middle of their height. 6. The device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it is connected to each other by three honeycombs.

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