RU2249946C2 - Pollen collector - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agricultural engineering and apiculture, in particular, pollen collecting equipment.

SUBSTANCE: pollen collector has casing with cover, pollen collecting tray with vent openings, curved plate disposed in the vicinity of entrance and having concave surface at site of contacting with pollen collecting grid equipped with rectangular openings for intensive flowing (falling down) of pollen into tray, and semi-cylindrical pollen collecting grid with hexahedral openings and protrusions running around reverse side of hexahedral openings, said semi-cylindrical grid being made sine-shaped in its base. Pollen collector provides collection of flower pollen load brought by bees, accumulation and ventilation by means of air flowing through openings in tray.

EFFECT: increased collection of pollen load and reduced injure to bee.

2 cl, 4 dwg

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, information technology. 1992, p.29-30).

The use of dust collectors and dust collectors made of impact-resistant polystyrene or galvanized steel sheet, aluminum and wood with round holes up to 5 mm in diameter does not allow obtaining pollen in an acceptable volume (up to 30%) 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 housing with a lid and a tray for collecting pollen, with an landing plate, has a large area for the passage of the bee, since it is made semi-cylindrical with hexagonal shape holes and envelopes around them on the back for a better passage of the bee.

The hexagonal holes of the semi-cylindrical pollen-collecting lattice provide the passage of bees through the lattice to the hive. Create a three-dimensional spatial direction for the passage of bees and limit the distance at the place of passage of the legs of the bee, contributing to the effective removal of pollen (trim) from the bee.

A semi-cylindrical dust-collecting grate on the reverse side along the contour of the hexagonal holes is made with protrusions to improve the passage of bees through these holes and smooth on the front side to efficiently remove pollen (trim) from the bee, and at the base it is sinusoidal to copy the shape of the landing plate and the corresponding fit to it and lack of free passage of bees to the hive.

In order to intensively pour pollen into or out of the pollen and to prevent its loss, the flight plate at the point of contact with the pollen collection grate is made concave, with rectangular openings providing free flow of the separated pollen into the tray, and in the front part it is a continuous inclined surface.

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

Above figure 2 shows a cross section of a dust collector.

Figure 3 shows a dust collecting grate.

Figure 4 shows a section of the dust collecting grating.

The dust collector consists of a cover 1 and a wall of the housing 2 and a tray 3 with bolts for attaching the wall of the housing 12, with ventilation holes for collecting pollen 5, a concave landing plate 4 with rectangular holes 13, a semi-cylindrical dust collecting grating 8 with hexagonal holes 14 and envelopes 15 sec around them the reverse side for better passage of the bee and sinusoidal in the base, tubes for the passage of drones 6, with hinges 11, grooves 10 and latch 9 for moving and securing the dust collecting grating, brackets 7 for attachment pyltsesbornika to the hive.

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

Passing through a part of the semi-cylindrical surface of the pollen-collecting lattice sinusoidal at the base with hexagonal holes and protrusions enveloping them, the bees leave pollen (plump) when they come in contact with the faces of the hexagon. The hexagonal holes inscribed in a circle with a diameter of up to 6 mm do not interfere with the free passage of the bee in three directions, but reduce the area of the passage for the bee’s legs, creating obstacles with two faces equally remote from the center, and thereby limiting the distance at the passage of the bee legs.

The concave surface of the landing plate with rectangular holes contributes to good pollen outflow (polishing) into the tray. The pollen polishing tray has openings that allow air circulation and moisture transfer from the pollen. The pollen-removing lattice with hexagonal holes has a calming effect on bees, without causing excitation of their nervous system during passage, and contributes to better removal of pollen.

For free access of bees to the hive, in the absence of the need to collect pollen, the pollen sampling lattice is movable, mounted on hinges and in a horizontal position is fixed with a latch 9.

The use of a dust collector of this design allows to increase the collection of pollen with less damage to the bee.

Claims (1)

A dust collector comprising a housing with a lid, a pollen collection tray with ventilation holes on the side walls and the bottom, an arrival plate with rectangular holes and a dust collecting grill, characterized in that the dust collecting grill is made semi-cylindrical with hexagonal holes and envelopes protruding from them on the back and sinusoidally at the base, and the landing plate is curved with a concave surface at the contact point of the grating and the pollen is sifted into a tray with rectangular holes along the concave parts and continuous inclined front surface.

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