WO2008067602A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling infestation of beehives - Google Patents
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- WO2008067602A1 WO2008067602A1 PCT/AU2007/001878 AU2007001878W WO2008067602A1 WO 2008067602 A1 WO2008067602 A1 WO 2008067602A1 AU 2007001878 W AU2007001878 W AU 2007001878W WO 2008067602 A1 WO2008067602 A1 WO 2008067602A1
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- beehive
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- receptacle
- tray
- small hive
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K51/00—Appliances for treating beehives or parts thereof, e.g. for cleaning or disinfecting
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
- A01M1/00—Stationary means for catching or killing insects
- A01M1/10—Catching insects by using Traps
- A01M1/106—Catching insects by using Traps for flying insects
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- This invention relates generally to the control of infestation of beehives and is particularly concerned with infestation caused by small hive beetles.
- the small hive beetle was introduced from South Africa and has now spread over the east coast of Australia.
- the beetle infests the hives, eats larvae honey and can contaminate the hive with their subsequent waste resulting in the eviction of bees if the population of the beetles reaches a certain threshold level.
- the problems associated with these methods are the subsequent contamination of the honey through contact with the substances included in the trays and the frequent maintenance of having to dissemble the hive in which to remove and/or service these trays containing the detrimental substances.
- a method for controlling infestation of a beehive caused by small hive beetles including the steps of providing holes in a base of the beehive which are configured to facilitate the passage of small hive beetles therethrough but inhibiting the passage of bees therethrough, and locating a receptacle adjacent the holes externally of the beehive for collecting the small hive beetles therein.
- the method may further include the step of providing a substance within the receptacle which is deleterious to the small hive beetle.
- the apparatus including a receptacle which is adapted to be arranged adjacent the base of the beehive and below the holes therein.
- the receptacle may be arranged relative to the base of the beehive so that its interior is relatively dark compared with the interior of the beehive.
- the receptacle may include an open topped tray including mounting sections which are adapted to cooperate with mounting sections on the beehive so that in an installed position, the tray is arranged with the open top adjacent the external surface of the base adjacent the holes therein.
- the mounting sections on the tray may include flanges on the opposed sides of the tray preferably at the edge of the open top.
- the mounting sections on the beehive may include a pair of spaced apart rails on the underside of the base each rail having a recessed section which is adapted to slidably receive a respective one of the flanges therein when the tray is in the installed position.
- the deleterious material may be chosen from lime, for example, although it will be appreciated that other materials could be used.
- Figure 1 is a schematic end view of apparatus according to the invention.
- Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section of a tray for apparatus according to the invention that part to the left of the broken line being a section taken along the line A-A in figure 1 ;
- Figure 3 is a plan view partly in section of the tray shown in figure 2 that part to the left of the broken line being a section taken along the line B-B in figure 1.
- the beehive includes a base 30 having a plurality of holes 32 therein which extend through the base 30 from the interior of the beehive to externally thereof.
- the holes are dimensioned such that small hive beetles can pass through the holes but bees are inhibited from passing therethrough.
- the holes may have a width of about 3mm and preferably less than 2.5mm.
- the apparatus includes a receptacle in the form of an open topped tray 10 having an open side 12.
- the tray is adapted to be positioned externally of the beehive so that the open top 12 is disposed adjacent the holes 32.
- the tray 10 may be mounted to the base 30.
- the tray 10 is an elongated body having opposed side walls 14 and 15 with mounting flanges 16 and 17 thereon.
- a tray mounting section includes a pair of parallel spaced apart rails 21 and 22 which are secured to the underside of the base 30 of the beehive.
- Each rail 21 and 22 includes a recessed section 23 and 24 which are adapted to receive respective flanges 16 and 17 therein, the flanges being slidably received within the recesses so that the tray 10 is suspended from and held against the underside of the base 30 of the beehive.
- the tray 10 includes a handle 19 by which the tray can be gripped for mounting and removing the tray from the base of the beehive.
- the tray 10 can have therein a substance which is deleterious to the small hive beetle.
- the substance may be lime or any other substance which can eventually kill or immobilise the small hive beetle.
- the trays can be of any suitable size, shape or configuration.
- the tray is generally rectangular in plan and may be about 350 mm long, 50 mm wide and 35 mm deep.
- On or more tray assemblies may be provided on the base of the beehive arranged in any suitable configuration. - A -
- the present invention exhibits many advantages over currently known techniques. For example the trays can be removed, inspected and cleaned without opening the beehive. Bees are inhibited from entering the tray.
- the apparatus can be retrofitted to existing beehives which can function in the usual manner. No toxic chemicals are required.
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US4867731A (en) * | 1988-03-15 | 1989-09-19 | Joel Willard | Detection of infestation of bees |
US6468129B1 (en) * | 2000-03-03 | 2002-10-22 | Granville Griffith | Beehive bottom board for reducing parasite infestation |
CA2450305A1 (en) * | 2003-11-20 | 2005-05-20 | Dimo's Tool & Die Ltd. | Screen insert for beehive |
US20060141904A1 (en) * | 2004-12-29 | 2006-06-29 | Teal Peter E A | In-hive trap and attractant composition for the control of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida |
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US4867731A (en) * | 1988-03-15 | 1989-09-19 | Joel Willard | Detection of infestation of bees |
US6468129B1 (en) * | 2000-03-03 | 2002-10-22 | Granville Griffith | Beehive bottom board for reducing parasite infestation |
CA2450305A1 (en) * | 2003-11-20 | 2005-05-20 | Dimo's Tool & Die Ltd. | Screen insert for beehive |
US20060141904A1 (en) * | 2004-12-29 | 2006-06-29 | Teal Peter E A | In-hive trap and attractant composition for the control of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida |
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"APIS (Apicultural Information and Issues)", vol. 18, no. 2, February 2000 (2000-02-01), pages 3, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://www.apis.ifas.ufl.edu/apis_2000/pdf/Feb_ap00.pdf> * |
"OHIO INFO BEE", OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 4, November 2005 (2005-11-01), Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://www.nwoba.honeyrunapiaries.com/pdf/November_2005.pdf> * |
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US20130019518A1 (en) * | 2011-07-21 | 2013-01-24 | David Miller | Small hive beetle trap attachment for bee hives |
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