RU56117U1 - ROYAL BEES TRAP - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to agriculture, in particular to beekeeping, and is intended to attract and capture swarm bees. The technical result and the task are to increase the performance of the trap for swarm bees, simplifying its design and maintenance. This has been achieved by new technical solutions that are in a causal relationship with the technical result. The essence of the claimed utility model is expressed in the aggregate of the following essential features. In the already known trap for swarm bees consisting of a body with a handle, an upper removable cover and a bottom, the following are distinctive signs from the prototype: - the body is made in the form of a cone expanding towards the bottom; - inside the case on the top removable cover is fixed a fabric wick; - the lower part of the wick is passed through the hole in the removable bottom; - the hole in the bottom has a valve. Having occupied a trap, swarm bees do not fly away to look for a new dwelling. Thus, the beekeeper no longer has to work on observing the apiary in order to avoid losses of swarm bees.

The proposed traps are made and tested in the farm as prototypes. The operation of these traps allowed to avoid the loss of swarm bees. Traps can be made industrially from plastic. Publish figure 1.

Description

The utility model relates to agriculture, in particular to beekeeping, and is intended to attract and capture swarm bees.

Known scoop for raking swarms. It has the appearance of a bucket with a handle.

A well-known device used to remove swarms that have grafted high on trees. The device resembles a butterfly net. A funnel-shaped bag made of rare canvas sewn to a wooden or wire hoop is fastened to the pole at some distance from its end. To tie the bag after shaking the bees in it, you can use a strong cord, swollen in the form of a loop in the upper part of the fabric sewn to the hoop, the cord is pulled through the ring located at the end of the pole, and passed down the pole. It is enough to pull such a cord by the end after shaking the swarm - as the loop will be tightened, tying the bag. The scoop can be equipped with a cover. The pole at the end is equipped with an iron hook. Having hooked them on a tree branch, where a swarm has grafted, you can freely shake the bees into the net.

See the book "Beekeeping stock and apiary buildings with the basics of carpentry" by V.D. Lukyanov, I.V. Yakusha. Publishing house "Kolos". M. 1970, p. 76, 77, fig. 38, B, C.

The disadvantages of these devices is that they do not attract bees. This disadvantage does not allow to achieve the technical result of the proposed utility model.

A swarm is known for the removal and temporary storage of swarm bees (swarms). It became widespread under the name “Butlerova’s Swarm”. Above and below on the body are worn hoops that press in these places a stretched wire mesh or a rare canvas. Half of the top of the roar is made in the form of a hinged, tightly fitted to the lid body. On the side of the roar is a hook, with which it is hung on a tree. This war is taken as a prototype. See the above book p. 76, 77 fig. A.

The disadvantage of this war is that it can only be used to remove and temporarily store swarm bees. These works distract beekeepers from other works and make their work less productive. Swarm bees themselves cannot get into such a swarm. The rovna has a cylindrical body not suitable for swarm bees.

The technical result and the task are to increase the performance of the trap for swarm bees, simplifying its design and maintenance.

This is achieved by technical solutions that are in a causal relationship with the technical result.

The essence of the claimed utility model is expressed in the aggregate of the following essential features.

In the already known trap for swarm bees consisting of a body with a handle, a top removable cover and a bottom, the following signs are distinguishing from the prototype:

- the housing is made in the form of a cone expanding to the bottom;

- inside the case on the top removable cover is fixed a fabric wick;

- the lower part of the wick is passed through the hole in the removable bottom;

- the hole in the bottom has a valve.

The set of essential features in comparison with the prior art allows us to conclude that the proposed technical solution meets the criterion of "novelty."

Figure 1 shows a General view of the trap for swarm bees in the context, schematically.

The trap for swarm bees (hereinafter the trap) consists of a hollow body 1 made in the form of a cone expanding to the bottom. A removable cover 2 with a handle 9 is installed on top of the cone. A removable bottom 3 with an opening 4, which is closed by a valve 5, is installed at the bottom of the housing 1.

On top of the casing has a handle 6 for carrying or hanging traps. Inside the housing 1 there is a wick 7 mounted on the cover 2. The lower part of the wick is passed through the hole 4 in the bottom 3.

The execution of the housing 1 in the form of a cone expanding to the bottom containing the wick, allows to achieve a technical result, since the conical sphere is the most favorable for swarm bees.

The proposed trap works as follows.

Traps are placed near the apiary, fixing them with handle 6 on trees or bushes. Open the hole 4, pushing the valve 5. Pass the end of the wick through the hole 4 out. After the swarming bees fill the trap, close the hole 4 with a valve 5, after removing the wick 7 into the housing 1. Remove the trap and transfer it to the hive by the handle 6. Remove the stops 8, which can be ordinary pieces of wire, remove the bottom 3 and cover 2 with the wick 7. Move the swarm of bees to the hive.

A trap can be used to remove a swarm hanging from a tree. To do this, the trap is fixed to the pole and brought to the swarm, touching the bees with a wick 7. The trap is fixed in this position. When the bees pass through the wick into a trap, remove the swarm. Having occupied a trap, swarm bees do not fly away to look for a new dwelling. Thus, the beekeeper no longer has to work on observing the apiary in order to avoid losses of swarm bees.

The proposed traps are made and tested in the farm as prototypes. The operation of these traps allowed to avoid the loss of swarm bees. Traps can be made industrially from plastic.

Claims (1)

Swarm bee trap, consisting of a case with a handle, an upper removable cover and a bottom, characterized in that the said case is made in the form of a cone expanding to the bottom, a fabric wick is fixed on the upper removable cover, the lower part of which is passed through an opening in the removable bottom while the hole in the bottom has a valve.