RU2294631C1 - Pollen collector - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, apiculture, more particular, equipment for collecting of flower pollen brought by bees in the form of pollen load.

SUBSTANCE: pollen collector has carcass casing with Capron netted bag adapted for pollen collection and fixed in base, below pollen separating grid, and wooden entrance plate with triangular sides. Pollen separating grid is made in the form of frame having threads with interwoven elastic brush-type framing defining cells having sizes smaller than those of bee. Frame is located on casing in inclined position at a negative angle to bee path into beehive. Parallel rods are fixed on collecting carcass casing of pollen collector, below pollen collecting grid, for providing falling of pollen into netted bag with clamp.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in pollen collection and ventilation of cavity owing to air venting through casing holes and bag meshes, and provision for increased pollen yield with reduced damage to bee.

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Description

The invention relates to agriculture and can be used in beekeeping when collecting flower pollen brought by bees in the form of trimmings.

Known dust collectors and dust collectors (beekeeping equipment, stock, beehives, catalog, Informationgrotech, 1992, p.29-30).

The use of dust collectors, dust separators and dust collectors made of impact-resistant polystyrene or galvanized steel sheet, aluminum or wood with round holes up to 5 mm in diameter, as well as frames with threads forming cells, do not allow flower pollen to be obtained in an acceptable volume (up to 30% or up to 3 kg per family) without injuring the bee.

An increase in pollen collection and high-quality separation of the pollen from the bee without injury is achieved by the fact that the dust-collecting grate of the dust collector, made in the form of a prefabricated frame body with a wooden landing plate and wooden triangular sidewalls with a nylon mesh bag fixed in the base of the body below the dust-collecting grate, has dimensions along the length the front of the hive (up to 400 mm) and, accordingly, a large area for the passage of the bee.

The dust collecting grate is made in the form of a frame of intersecting threads with a braid weaving of an elastic brush frame, forming cells with sizes smaller than the size of a bee. An elastic brush frame in the form of thin elastic transverse threads is fixed in the plaited weaves of the intersecting threads, providing an effective and gentle removal of the pollen (pollen) from the bee.

The dust collecting grate is installed and fixed on the triangular sides of the dust collector body at an angle with a negative angle to the passage of the bee into the hive. A mesh bag (tray) with a mesh size of up to 1 mm is put on the collecting case of the dust collector below the dust collecting grate. At the bottom of the mesh bag (tray) is made open, fixed with a clip.

Figure 1 shows a dust collector for collecting pollen (front view).

Figure 2 - dust collector (side view with a slit).

Figure 3 - view A.

The dust collector consists of a prefabricated frame body 1 mounted on the hive 2, with a wooden landing plate 3 and triangular sides 4 of the dust collecting grate 5 of a nylon mesh bag 6 with a clip 7, with hinges 8 and latches 9 for moving and fixing the dust collecting grating.

Bees with honey and pollen, flying to the hive, sit on the landing plate and tend to penetrate the hive.

Passing through a part of the inclined pollen-collecting lattice 5 with an elastic frame, the bees leave pollen when they are in contact with the thread and the frame, the holes of the lattice facilitate the free passage of the bee, but reduce the area of passage for the bee to be trimmed, creating obstacles at the passage of the bee's legs. The left pollen under its own weight wakes up through the parallel rods of the prefabricated frame body 1 into the mesh bag 6. The holes between the parallel rods of the body provide pollen spillage, air circulation and moisture transfer.

For free access of bees to the hive, in the absence of the need to collect pollen, the pollen sampling lattice 5 is movable, mounted on hinges 8 and in an inclined position is fixed by a latch 7.

When filling the mesh bag 6 with pollen, the clamp 7 is released in the lower part, and the pollen is poured into the container for further processing and processing, and the released mesh bag 6 in the lower part is collected and secured with the clamp 7. This design of the dust collector creates the convenience of collecting pollen when it is filled and does not injures bees compared to releasing and securing the tray of the basic design of the dust collector.

Claims (1)

A dust collector comprising a prefabricated housing, an arrival plate and a dust removal grate, characterized in that the collection housing is frame-mounted, with a wooden arrival plate and triangular sidewalls, and a dust collection grate in the form of a frame of intersecting threads with a plaited weave of elastic brush frames forming cells with dimensions smaller the size of a bee, is mounted on the housing at an angle with a negative angle to the passage of the bees, and on the collecting case of the dust collector below the dust collecting grate It is parallel to the bars providing spillage pollen net bag with a clip with a cell size of up to 1 mm.

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