SU1692443A1 - Innerbeehive apparatus for the bee venom gathering - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to beekeeping and can be used for the selection and beekeeping. The purpose of the invention is to improve the conditions of service and reduce the anxiety of bees. The device contains a dopillary transparent plate 1 with a high-voltage electrode 5 fixed on it and a frame 2 with stimulating low-voltage electrodes 3 and a polymer coating 4. The electrodes 3 and 5 are connected (.respectively to the low-voltage and high-voltage outputs of the current source 8. The device is installed in the backspace of the housing 11. Ul. When the device is operated, an electric field occurs in the hive and the bees rush into the area of the high-voltage electrode 5. Hitting frame 2, the bees are affected The stimulating electrode 3 and the cover 4 of the frame 2 are pressed. The bee collects on plate 1. After the selection is completed, the dosing plate 1 is removed from the ul and collected dry and from several families. The device reduces the anxiety of bees, injures them and improves working conditions collector yes, 2 Il.

Description

The invention relates to beekeeping, in particular to equipment for collecting bee venom.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the conditions of service and reduce the anxiety of bees when placing the device in the frame space.

In Fig.1 shows a hive-lounger without a lid and insulation installed by the in-house device for collecting bee venom, top view: in Fig.2 - the same cross-section, with an electrical circuit for connecting to a current source.

The device contains a transparent glass receiving plate 1 made of glass, a frame 2 with low-voltage stimulating electrodes 3 fixed therein with a polymer coating 4 and a high-voltage electrode 5. The electrodes 3 and electrode 5 are connected respectively to the low-voltage output 6 and high-voltage output 7 of the current source 8. A frame 2 made of transverse strips 9 and longitudinal strips 10 is installed in the hive body 11 on the ceiling folds 12 close to the ceiling 13. A device for collecting bee venom is installed in the hive above the honeycomb frames 14. On the strips 10 of the frame 2, stimulating electrodes 3 are mounted, which are located below the cover 4.

Coating 4 is made of a transparent polymer material permeable to the sting of bees. It does not injure the bee and does not interfere with visual observation by the bees. On the transverse slats 9 of the frame 2, stops (not shown) with a height of 1 mm are installed, on which a poison receiving plate 1 is installed. The stops are made of textolite or fiberglass. A gap of 1 mm in size is formed between the venom receiving plate 1 and the coating 4, therefore, when stinging, the tip of the bee sting touches the venom receiving plate 1. The venom receiving plate 1 is mounted on stops above frame 2 with the possibility of removal from the hive. A high-voltage electrode 5 is fixed on the upper side of the plate 1. The electrode 5 is made in the form of a metal coating deposited on a dielectric base, for example, getinaks, and is rigidly fixed (for example, glued) to the poison receiving plate 1. The area of the electrode 5 is less than the area of the poison receiving plate 1, therefore, the opaque electrode 5 does not interfere with visual observation of the movement of bees on the underside of the coating 4 and electrodes 3. When the venom receiving plate 1 is removed from the hive, the bees cannot leave the house.

The device operates as follows. In an apiary, groups are formed from several families, for example, 20 families in a group. In each group, the selection of poison is simultaneously performed using a 20 device for collecting bee venom. Families should be concentrated close to one another to shorten the length of the connecting wires. At any time of the day, a poison collector is installed in each hive. The installation of the frame 2 in the hive 11 is as follows. In the hive-lounger, the roof, insulation and several ceilings ^ 13 are removed and a poison receiving frame 2 is installed instead of them. At the same time, the bees should not have a way out of the hive. Using connecting wires connect the electrodes 3 and electrode 5 to the source 8 of the current. All electrodes are connected in parallel. Bees are picked up in the evening when all the flying bees gather in the hive. The current source 8 is turned on and high and low voltage are applied to the electrodes 5 and 3, respectively. An electric field is excited in the volume of the hive 11, which sharply increases the motor activity of bees. Moving inside the hive, the bees fall on the frame 2 from the side where the stimulating electrodes 3 and the lower side of the coating 4 are located. Irritated by the electric current and the field passing through the bee’s body as a result of the legs closing the electrodes 3, the bees sting the coating 4 and the venom receiving plate 1 In this case, the bee sting freely passes through the coating 4 and reaches the surface of the plate 1. The dried poison mainly remains on the plate 1, some of the poison remains on the coating 4 on the side where the bees do not have access.

The poison collection session in each family lasts until the bees efficiently give the poison away, this process can be controlled by the poison collector through the transparent plate 1 and coating 4. After the poison has been released, the majority of the bees leave the area where frame 2 is installed in the nest on the honeycomb frames 14. When selecting poison for the evening and night, you can use the additional illumination of frame 2, for example, a flashlight. When the process of returning the poison in the families of one group ends, the electrodes 3 and 5 are disconnected from the current source 8 and the poison receiving plate 1 together with the high-voltage electrode 5 is transferred to the beehive of the bee family of another group. After the collection of poison in the last group of bees, plate 1 is removed from the hive and the dried bee venom obtained from several bee families is scraped off. Frames 2 of the hives are removed the next day, when the families calm down.

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A device for collecting bee venom prevents the attack and trauma of bees during the installation and collection of venom from the hive. The device is easy to use, since at the end of work 5 is required only to remove the plate 1 with the electrode 5 and transfer to another hive. The device is placed on top of the nest of bees, thereby reducing family anxiety. In addition, the device provides visual control over the poison collection process, which allows the device to be switched off in a timely manner when the bees finish returning the poison. As experiments have shown, when an electric field is excited in the volume of the hive, the greatest number of bees rushes to the zone of location of the high-voltage electrode 5, therefore, the stimulating electrodes 3 and the poison receiving plate 1 located here provide accelerated return of the poison by excited bees, thereby increasing work productivity the whole device. The design of the coating 4 of the frame and plate 1 provides a clean bee venom that is not contaminated with the vital products of the bees.

Claims (1)

Claim An intra-beehive device for collecting bee venom, including a transparent venom receiving plate, low-voltage polymer-coated stimulating electrodes and a high-voltage electrode fixed to the frame and connected to the current source, characterized in that, in order to improve service conditions and reduce bee anxiety when placing the device in an overframe , the poison receiving transparent plate is mounted with the possibility of removal over the frame with low-voltage stimulating electrodes, and the high-voltage electrode is closed captivity on the upper surface of the venom receiving plate, while the area of the high-voltage electrode is less than the area of the venom receiving plate. 1