RU2313938C2 - Queen breeding cup - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, apiculture.

SUBSTANCE: queen breeding cup is made in the form of plastic cup with opening in its bottom, said opening being continued with thin-walled cylindrical branch pipe. Second thin-walled cup is placed within and tightly connected to first cup. Second thin-walled cup is provided with opening in its bottom, diameter of said opening being smaller than inner diameter of branch pipe. Edge of second cup opening protrudes into branch pipe at junction with branch pipe so as to form circular bead-protrusion. Additional opening is provided on side surface of branch pipe.

EFFECT: simplified queen breeding procedure.

2 cl, 2 dwg

Description

The inventive device can be used in agriculture, namely in beekeeping.

There are various ways of removing queen bees [1].

The most promising among the methods for the withdrawal of the uterus is the Karl Jenter method [2], in which plastic bowls with an opening in the bottom are used to withdraw the uterus. A bottom pin with a one-day bee larva, extracted from a collapsible honeycomb, is inserted into the hole.

The disadvantage of the method of K. Jenter is the high cost of the device for its implementation.

The closest set of features and the achieved effect to the claimed device is a bowl with a hole in the bottom, made in the form of a thin-walled cylindrical pipe [3].

To transfer the larva into the bowl, the bowl of the bowl is pressed, screwed into the cell of the honeycomb with one-day larvae and the bowl is advanced into the honeycomb until the bottom of the cell of the honeycomb becomes the bottom of the bowl. This device is taken as a prototype of the claimed bowls. Its disadvantage is the need for constant visual monitoring of the depth of introduction of the bowl of the bowl into the honeycomb in order to stop the advancement of the pipe as soon as the bottom of the cell with the larva becomes the bottom of the bowl. Otherwise, the cut out bottom of the cell may appear inside the bowl and, due to cutting off the connections of the bottom with the cell walls, under the weight of the bees that have clung to the bottom, it may come off. Thus, it is necessary to provide conditions for a more clear and unambiguous moment of termination of the advancement of the pipe in the cell. In addition, it is difficult to direct the pipe so that the larva is in the center of the cut out part of the cell bottom.

The claimed technical solution eliminates the noted drawbacks.

This is achieved by the fact that the second bowl with a hole in the bottom is inserted and firmly connected to the first inside the body of the known bowl with a hole in the bottom, continued by a thin-walled cylindrical pipe, and the diameter of its hole is less than the inner diameter of the pipe. In addition, an additional hole can be made on the side surface of the nozzle for visual monitoring of the position of the end of the nozzle at the initial stage of introduction of the nozzle into the cell.

With this design, the bowl of the bowl at the junction of the pipe with the inner bowl forms an annular protrusion-flange. The transfer of the one-day larva into a bowl along with the bottom of the wax cell of the honeycomb, as in the prototype, is performed by pressing or screwing the tube of the bowl into the honeycomb. However, unlike the prototype, the advancement of the nozzle is performed until the cut bottom rests against the annular protrusion formed by the opening of the inner bowl. Thereby, the uniqueness of the moment of termination of the introduction of the nozzle into the honeycomb is achieved, since the fact that the cut bottom comes into contact with the annular shoulder protrusion is evidence that the bottom of the cell has become the bottom of the bowl. Moreover, at the initial stage, the lateral hole in the nozzle allows you to visually control the position of the end of the nozzle at the moment of touching the bottom surface of the cell, so that the larva is in the center of the cut out part.

At the same time, when the bowls of the bowls are deepened into the honeycomb cell, the honeycomb is supported on the opposite side opposite the cut-out cell, preventing its deflection.

Thus, due to the presence of a shoulder-protrusion at the junction of the nozzle with the inner surface of the bowl and due to the presence of an opening on the side surface of the nozzle, the work of the uterus guide to transfer the larva to the bowl is facilitated. This option simplifies the control over the movement of the larva in the bowl, creates comfortable conditions for the larva.

Figure 1 shows a section of the inventive device, figure 2 is a General view.

The case of the device for the withdrawal of uterus (Fig. 1) consists of two thin-walled bowls 1 and 2 with an opening in the bottom, the hole of the outer bowl is supplemented with a thin-walled cylindrical pipe 3, and the bowl itself is equipped with wedge holders 6 (Fig. 2). At the junction of the pipe with the inner surface of the bowl there is an annular shoulder-protrusion 4, formed by a hole in the bottom of the inner bowl. Case depth is from 7 to 10 mm, diameter is from 8 to 10 mm. The inner diameter of the nozzle is from 4.5 to 5 mm, the inner diameter of the annular flange is from 3.5 to 4 mm. An opening 5 is made on the side surface of the nozzle, which allows you to visually center the position of the end of the nozzle at the moment of touching the bottom of the cut-out cell.

To use the device for its intended purpose, the bowl is dipped in molten wax, the nozzle 3 is cleaned from the wax and the bowl is pressed or screwed into the honeycomb until the cut bottom of the cell with the one-day larva settles along the contour on the annular ledge 4. This will mean that the cut bottom of the cell coincides with the inner surface of the bowl. On the opposite side of the honeycomb during the transfer of the larva to the bowl, the cut-out part of the honeycomb must be supported to prevent deflection.

Then the bowl for the withdrawal of the uterus is fixed in the grafting frame using wedge holders 6 or directly on the honeycomb and placed in the bee family from which the uterus is removed.

Next, a sealed mother liquor completed by bees on a bowl or a barren uterus emerging from it after flying around with drones is used to form a new bee family or to replace an old uterus in one of the families, to form bee packages for sale.

The introduction of the invention into the practice of beekeeping will simplify the withdrawal of queen bees, will increase the reproduction of bee colonies in apiaries, increase the production of honey, royal jelly and other bee products, and will satisfy the demand for bee packets and uterus of Central Russian bees.

Information sources

1. Malkov V.V., A.G. Martynov, S.N. Nazin. Conclusion of queen bees: a practical guide. Ryazan. Publishing house "Russian word". 1994 .-- 103 p.

2. Simankov M.K. The use of honeycomb C. Jenter for hatching the queen bees of Central Russian honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera): Training manual / Perm. state ped un-t - Perm, 2002 .-- 50 p. + Adj (2 p.). - Bibliography: p. 44-46.

3. Vereshchagin A.N., Simankov M.K. A device for the withdrawal of uterus. "Beekeeping", 2005, No. 4, pp. 50-51.

Claims (2)

1. A bowl for withdrawing queen bees in the form of a plastic cup with a hole in the bottom, continued by a cylindrical thin-walled pipe, characterized in that the second thin-walled bowl with a hole in the bottom, the diameter of which is smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe, is inserted and firmly connected to the first bowl; protruding into the pipe edge of the hole of the second bowl at the junction with the pipe forms an annular flange - protrusion. 2. Bowl for the output of queen bees according to claim 1, characterized in that an additional hole is made on the side surface of the nozzle.

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