Bee feed production equipment and production process

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of bee breeding, in particular to a bee feed production device and production process, which comprises a shell, the inside of the shell is provided with a mixing chamber with a top opening, a ring-shaped screen and an atomizing spray pipe are arranged in the mixing chamber, the atomizing spray pipe is annularly sleeved outside the ring-shaped screen; a driving motor is arranged at the top of the shell, a driving shaft is arranged on the rotating shaft of the driving motor, the bottom of the driving shaft penetrates into the ring-shaped screen and is provided with a stirring piece. The production and feeding efficiency of the bee substitute feed is greatly improved by the way that the crushing, mixing, sugar adding, fermentation agent adding and gizzard filling operation steps of the substitute feed are integrally performed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the technical field of beekeeping, and in particular to a bee feed production equipment and production process. Background Technology

[0002] To improve the efficiency of beekeeping, beekeepers use mixed substitute feeds to replace honey, preventing bees from consuming excessive amounts of honey. The production and use of these substitute feeds requires mixing, fermenting, and filling the combs with various raw materials, with each step carried out separately, resulting in lower production and distribution efficiency. Summary of the Invention

[0003] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this application provides a bee feed production equipment and process that greatly improves the production and distribution efficiency of bee feed substitutes by integrating the crushing, mixing, sugaring, fermentation agent addition, and comb filling operations of the substitute feed into a single process.

[0004] The above-mentioned objective of this application is achieved through the following technical solution:

[0005] A bee feed production equipment and process includes a shell, with a mixing chamber having a top opening inside the shell. An annular screen and an atomizing spray pipe are installed inside the mixing chamber, with the atomizing spray pipe forming an annular loop around the outside of the annular screen.

[0006] A drive motor is installed at the top of the shell, a drive shaft is installed on the drive motor shaft, and a stirring component is installed at the bottom of the drive shaft after it extends into an annular screen.

[0007] The shell has several slots for placing beehives. The slots are connected to the outside of the shell and the mixing chamber. A grid plate is movably connected inside the slot. A vibrating motor is installed on the grid plate. The movement trajectory of the grid plate is parallel to the axis of the shell.

[0008] The bottom of the casing has an air duct that connects to the mixing chamber, and a blower is installed at the air inlet of the air duct.

[0009] Optionally, the top of the housing also has a premixing chamber, which is located on top of the mixing chamber and communicates with the mixing chamber. A primary screen is installed at the bottom of the premixing chamber, and several rake blades are installed in the middle of the drive shaft, with the rake blades located on top of the primary screen.

[0010] Optionally, the premixing chamber is conical, and the cross-sectional diameter of the premixing chamber increases continuously in the direction away from the mixing chamber.

[0011] Optionally, the side of the agitator away from the drive shaft has a plate-like body, and the angle between the plate-like body and the annular screen is an acute angle.

[0012] Optionally, the air duct has an annular air outlet at one end of the mixing chamber, and the annular air outlet is located outside the annular screen.

[0013] Optionally, there is a gap between the annular air outlet and the inner wall of the mixing chamber.

[0014] Optionally, the annular air outlet is conical, and the generatrix of the annular air outlet points towards the annular screen.

[0015] Optionally, the grating includes several parallel packing strips arranged laterally, with the angle between the packing strips and the inner side of the placement groove facing the top of the housing.

[0016] This application embodiment also provides a bee feed production process using any one of the foregoing bee feed production equipment, characterized by including the following steps:

[0017] Add solid raw materials, crush and mix the aforementioned solid raw materials;

[0018] Spray the mixed sugar solution onto the crushed and mixed solid raw materials;

[0019] The airflow is directed toward the pulverized and mixed solid raw materials, so that the aforementioned solid raw materials are fully mixed with the mixed sugar solution;

[0020] The airflow is induced to carry the mixed sugar solution and solid raw materials towards the bee comb.

[0021] Optionally, the mixed sugar solution may include a starter culture.

[0022] In summary, this application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0023] This application embodiment greatly improves the production and distribution efficiency of bee substitute feed by integrating the steps of crushing, mixing, adding sugar, adding fermentation agent, and filling combs with the substitute feed into one process. Attached Figure Description

[0024] Figure 1 This is a front view schematic diagram of one embodiment of this application;

[0025] Figure 2 This is an internal schematic diagram of one embodiment of this application;

[0026] Figure 3 This is an exploded view of one embodiment of this application.

[0027] Figure label:

[0028] 10. Shell; 11. Mixing chamber; 12. Annular screen; 13. Atomizing spray pipe; 14. Premixing chamber; 15. Primary screen;

[0029] 21. Drive motor; 22. Drive shaft; 24. Mixing component; 25. Plate-like body; 26. Rake blade;

[0030] 31. Placement groove; 32. Grating plate; 33. Packing strip; 34. Vibration motor; 35. Limiting slider;

[0031] 41. Air duct; 42. Circular air outlet; 43. Blower;

[0032] 51. Fan cover; 52. Air vent; 53. Limiting groove; 54. Elastic strip. Detailed Implementation

[0033] The present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0034] To better understand the technical solutions presented in the embodiments of this application, a brief introduction to the existing honey feed production and distribution process will be given first.

[0035] The product of beekeeping is honey, which is the best bee food. When the flowering season is over or it is winter, when bees cannot collect pollen and nectar, they will eat honey to maintain the population. However, bees consuming large amounts of honey will seriously affect the economic benefits of beekeeping. To avoid bee colonies consuming large amounts of honey, existing technologies usually use substitute feed to reduce the amount of honey consumed by bees.

[0036] Alternative feeds typically include soybean meal, bee pollen, sugar, and fermenting agents to meet the nutritional needs of bee colonies for survival and reproduction. Because bee colonies in different regions collect different bee pollen and fermenting agent strains daily, beekeepers must purchase soybean meal and bee pollen separately. When using these, they add honey produced by their own bee colony as a fermenting agent to match the colony's habits and feeding characteristics, thus preventing colony decline caused by the colony refusing to eat.

[0037] In existing technologies, the production and distribution of bee substitute feed requires first screening solid raw materials to avoid mixing in large particles, then adding sugar water and honey from the same bee colony, mixing thoroughly, piling for fermentation, and finally manually kneading it into the honeycomb. The entire production process is not continuous, the materials need to be moved multiple times, and the distribution process is manual, which is time-consuming and inefficient.

[0038] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this application provides a bee feed production device, referring to... Figure 1 and Figure 2 It includes a housing 10 with a mixing chamber 11 inside, the mixing chamber 11 having an opening at the top, an annular screen 12 and an atomizing spray pipe 13 installed inside the mixing chamber 11, the bottom of the annular screen 12 being fixed to the bottom of the inner cavity of the housing 10 during use, the atomizing spray pipe 13 being used to spray a mixed syrup containing honey from the bee colony, the atomizing spray pipe 13 being able to be annularly wrapped around the outside of the annular screen 12, and the diameter of the opening at the top of the mixing chamber 11 not exceeding the inner diameter of the annular screen 12;

[0039] A drive motor 21 is installed on the top of the housing 10. A drive shaft 22 is installed on the shaft of the drive motor 21. The bottom of the drive shaft 22 extends into the annular screen 12 and is equipped with a stirring component 24 for stirring solid materials.

[0040] The shell 10 is also provided with several placement slots 31 for placing bee combs. The placement slots 31 are connected to the outside of the shell 10 and the mixing chamber 11. The air inside the mixing chamber 11 can escape to the outside of the shell 10 through the placement slots 31. A grid plate 32 is movably connected inside the placement slots 31. A vibration motor 34 is installed on the grid plate 32. The movement trajectory of the grid plate 32 is parallel to the axis of the shell 10.

[0041] The bottom of the housing 10 is provided with an air duct 41 that communicates with the mixing chamber 11, and a blower 43 is installed at the air inlet of the air duct 41.

[0042] The following is a brief introduction based on specific usage scenarios.

[0043] In use, the beehive to be filled is first inserted into the placement slot 31 on the shell 10. Then, the operator puts the solid materials such as soybean powder and bee pollen into the mixing chamber 11 through the opening at the top of the mixing chamber 11. The materials enter the interior of the annular screen 12 through the aforementioned opening. The drive motor 21 and the blower 43 start. The drive motor 21 drives the stirring element 24 on the drive shaft 22 to rotate inside the annular screen 12 to stir the solid materials. The size of the pores of the annular screen 12 meets the standards for bee colony feed. As the stirring element 24 continuously stirs the solid materials inside the annular screen 12, particles smaller than the pore size of the annular screen 12 will be squeezed out of the annular screen 12. Particles that do not meet the standards will continue to remain inside the annular screen 12 and continue to be impacted and crushed by the stirring element 24. In this process, the crushing and mixing of materials are carried out simultaneously, which greatly improves the production efficiency of bee colony substitute feed.

[0044] Blower 43 starts and delivers airflow into mixing chamber 11 through air duct 41, forming an airflow from the bottom of mixing chamber 11 toward placement trough 31 and annular screen 12. Solid feed discharged from annular screen 12 will be mixed again in mixing chamber 11 under the action of airflow. At this time, atomizing spray pipe 13 sprays mixed sugar solution. Airflow combines atomized mixed sugar solution, solid powder and sugar solution powder mixture and blows it toward honeycomb in placement trough 31. Under the vibration of vibrating motor 34, grid plate 32 continuously moves up and down, so that atomized mixed sugar solution, solid powder and sugar solution powder mixture continuously fill the honeycomb cells to complete the honeycomb filling operation.

[0045] In summary, the raw material crushing, mixing, sugar addition, and fermentation agent addition in the embodiments of this application are carried out continuously, and then directly fed into the spleen. There is no need for operators to manually perform operations such as crushing, mixing, and spraying sugar water, which greatly improves the production and distribution efficiency of substitute feed.

[0046] It should be understood that the airflow driven by the blower 43 is released from the air outlet of the air duct 41 inside the mixing chamber 11, which increases the air pressure inside the mixing chamber 11. The higher pressure gas will tend to be released from the placement tank 31 to the outside, thereby forming a stable airflow that drives the internal atomized sugar liquid and solid materials to mix and move. The gas is directed towards and passes through the placement trough 31. This airflow will carry the material towards the honeycomb placed in the placement trough 31. During this process, the feed comes into contact with and adheres to the honeycomb or the grid plate 32. The airflow will be discharged from the gaps in the honeycomb and the junction between the honeycomb and the inner wall of the placement trough 31 to the outside of the shell 10. As the process continues, the moist feed will accumulate on the honeycomb and at the junction between the honeycomb and the inner wall of the placement trough 31 to form a breathable barrier layer. With the continuous vibration of the grid plate 32, the accumulated material will be continuously flattened and pushed into the honeycomb cells to achieve honeycomb filling. The operator can use a breathable bag to intercept a small portion of the initially fully mixed material at the outlet of the placement trough 31.

[0047] It should also be understood that in this embodiment, the solid material is directly fed into the annular screen 12 without the addition of liquid raw materials. After being crushed and mixed, the material passes through the annular screen 12 before being mixed with the mixed sugar solution sprayed from the atomizing spray pipe 13. Compared with the prior art method of adding all solid and liquid raw materials together and then stirring and mixing, the method of this embodiment can effectively avoid the mixed sugar solution from sticking together in the solid material, thus prolonging the stirring and crushing time and improving the production efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0048] It should also be understood that, in the embodiments of this application, the placement groove 31 can be regarded as a through hole opened on the housing 10 and a device installed on the outside of the aforementioned through hole, such as... Figure 2 and Figure 3The air hood 51 shown has an internal space for placing honeycomb. The mixed material inside the mixing chamber 11 is carried by the airflow through the placement groove 31 and discharged from the air vents 52 on the air hood 51. The air hood 51 can be a separate component or an integral part of the housing 10. As long as the mixing chamber 11 is connected to the external space of the housing 10 and can hold honeycomb, the purpose of this application embodiment can be achieved. In some possible implementations of this application embodiment, a limiting groove 53 can be opened on the inner side of the air hood 51, and a limiting slider 35 can be fixed on the grid plate 32. The limiting slider 35 extends into the limiting groove 53, thereby realizing the up-and-down reciprocating movement of the grid plate 32. At the same time, an elastic strip 54 can be set at the bottom of the grid plate 32 and fixed on the air hood 51. In this way, the up-and-down reciprocating movement of the grid plate 32 can be realized with the vibration of the vibration motor 34.

[0049] In some possible implementations of the embodiments of this application, the top of the annular screen 12 is fixedly connected to the top of the inner cavity of the housing 10, that is, the top of the inner cavity of the mixing chamber 11.

[0050] As a feasible specific implementation of the present application, the top of the housing 10 also has a premixing chamber 14, which is located on top of the mixing chamber 11 and communicates with the mixing chamber 11. A primary screen 15 is installed at the bottom of the premixing chamber 14, and a number of rake blades 26 are installed in the middle of the drive shaft 22, with the number of rake blades 26 located on top of the primary screen 15.

[0051] In a specific application scenario, when the operator feeds materials into the shell 10, the materials first pass through the premixing chamber 14 and are subjected to the impact and crushing of the rake blades 26 inside the premixing chamber 14 to achieve mixing and crushing. Materials with the required particle diameter will pass through the primary screen 15 and enter the mixing chamber 11 for further mixing and crushing. That is, when the drive shaft 22 rotates, the agitator 24 and the rake blades 26 can simultaneously crush and mix the two parts of the materials, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0052] In some possible implementations of the embodiments of this application, the premixing chamber 14 is conical, and the cross-sectional diameter of the premixing chamber 14 continuously increases in the direction away from the mixing chamber 11. That is, the large end of the premixing chamber 14 is far away from the mixing chamber 11. In this way, the material fed from the top of the premixing chamber 14 can fall quickly to the bottom of the premixing chamber 14 and be crushed and stirred.

[0053] As a feasible specific implementation of the present application, the stirring component 24 has a sheet-like body 25 on the side away from the drive shaft 22, and the angle between the sheet-like body 25 and the annular screen 12 is an acute angle.

[0054] In a specific application scenario, the arrangement of the sheet-like body 25 increases the contact area between the mixing element 24 and the material. When the mixing element 24 rotates, the sheet-like body 25 at the edge can compress the material inside the annular screen 12, forcing the material to pass through the annular screen 12 quickly, thereby improving the production efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0055] As a feasible specific implementation of the present application, the air duct 41 has an annular air outlet 42 at one end of the mixing chamber 11, and the annular air outlet 42 is located outside the annular screen 12.

[0056] In a specific application scenario, the setting of the annular air outlet 42 increases the volume of air supplied by the air duct 41 inside the mixing chamber 11, so that the material in the annular area between the inner wall of the mixing chamber 11 and the annular screen 12 can be mixed more evenly, and this part of the material can also move quickly to the nest placed inside the placement trough 31, which greatly improves the production and delivery efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0057] In some possible implementations of this application, there is a gap between the annular air outlet 42 and the inner wall of the mixing chamber 11. This allows the raised material to fall onto the grid plate 32 more quickly, and thus be filled into the honeycomb in the placement trough 31 more quickly, greatly improving the production and distribution efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0058] In some possible implementations of this application, the annular air outlet 42 is conical, and the generatrix of the annular air outlet 42 points towards the annular screen 12. That is, the angle between the generatrix of the annular air outlet 42 and the axis of the annular screen 12 is an acute angle, and the opening of the aforementioned angle faces the bottom of the shell 10. In this way, the air coming out of the annular air outlet 42 can be blown more concentratedly onto the material that has just passed through the annular screen 12 to mix it quickly. It also allows the material that is lifted to fall onto the grid plate 32 more quickly when it falls, so that it can be filled into the honeycomb in the placement trough 31 more quickly, which greatly improves the production and placement efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0059] As a feasible specific implementation of the present application, the grating plate 32 includes a plurality of parallel packing strips 33, which are arranged laterally, and the angle between the packing strips 33 and the inner side of the placement groove 31 is directed toward the top of the housing 10.

[0060] In a specific application scenario, the grid plate 32 moves up and down in the placement trough 31 to level the material gathered on the honeycomb, allowing it to quickly enter the cells within the honeycomb. If the side of the honeycomb placed in the placement trough 31 facing the annular screen 12 is defined as the working surface, then the inclined packing strips 33 will form a certain angle with the working surface. That is, the top plane of the packing strips 33 will form a triangular prism-shaped area with the aforementioned working surface. The material that is lifted and falls, as well as some material gathered on the honeycomb, will fall into the aforementioned area with the overall movement of the grid plate 32. The material gathered in the aforementioned area will continuously fill the cells of the honeycomb with the overall up and down movement of the grid plate 32, thus increasing the effective area of ​​the packing strips 33 of the grid plate 32 and greatly improving the production and delivery efficiency of the substitute feed.

[0061] This application also provides a bee feed production process using any of the bee feed production equipment described above, including the following steps:

[0062] Add solid raw materials, crush and mix the aforementioned solid raw materials;

[0063] Spray the mixed sugar solution onto the crushed and mixed solid raw materials;

[0064] The airflow is directed toward the pulverized and mixed solid raw materials, so that the aforementioned solid raw materials are fully mixed with the mixed sugar solution;

[0065] The airflow is induced to carry the mixed sugar solution and solid raw materials towards the bee comb.

[0066] In summary, the raw material crushing, mixing, sugar addition, and fermentation agent addition in the embodiments of this application are carried out continuously, and then directly fed into the spleen. There is no need for operators to manually perform operations such as crushing, mixing, and spraying sugar water, which greatly improves the production and distribution efficiency of substitute feed.

[0067] In some possible implementations of the embodiments of this application, the mixed sugar solution includes a fermenting agent, which may be bee pollen from the origin of the bee colony or honey from the bee colony.

[0068] The embodiments described in this specific implementation are preferred embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, all equivalent changes made in accordance with the structure, shape and principle of this application should be covered within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A bee feed production device, characterized in that, Includes a housing (10), inside which is a mixing chamber (11) with a top opening, and inside the mixing chamber (11) are installed an annular screen (12) and an atomizing spray pipe (13), the atomizing spray pipe (13) being annularly wrapped around the outside of the annular screen (12); A drive motor (21) is installed on the top of the shell (10), and a drive shaft (22) is installed on the shaft of the drive motor (21). The bottom of the drive shaft (22) extends into the annular screen (12) and is equipped with a stirring component (24). The shell (10) has several placement slots (31) for placing beehives. The placement slots (31) are connected to the outside of the shell (10) and the mixing chamber (11). A grid plate (32) is movably connected inside the placement slots (31). A vibration motor (34) is installed on the grid plate (32). The bottom of the housing (10) is provided with an air duct (41) that communicates with the mixing chamber (11), and a blower (43) is installed at the air inlet of the air duct (41).

2. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the housing (10) also has a premixing chamber (14), which is located on top of the mixing chamber (11) and communicates with the mixing chamber (11). A primary screen (15) is installed at the bottom of the premixing chamber (14), and several rake blades (26) are installed in the middle of the drive shaft (22). Several rake blades (26) are located on top of the primary screen (15).

3. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, The premixing chamber (14) is conical, and the cross-sectional diameter of the premixing chamber (14) increases continuously in the direction away from the mixing chamber (11).

4. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The stirring component (24) has a sheet-like body (25) on the side away from the drive shaft (22), and the angle between the sheet-like body (25) and the annular screen (12) is an acute angle.

5. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The air duct (41) has an annular air outlet (42) at one end of the mixing chamber (11), and the annular air outlet (42) is located outside the annular screen (12).

6. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that, There is a gap between the annular air outlet (42) and the inner wall of the mixing chamber (11).

7. A bee feed production device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The annular air outlet (42) is conical, and the generatrix of the annular air outlet (42) points to the annular screen (12).

8. The bee feed production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The grating (32) includes several parallel packing strips (33), which are arranged laterally. The angle between the packing strips (33) and the inner side of the placement groove (31) is directed toward the top of the housing (10).

9. A bee feed production process utilizing a bee feed production equipment as described in any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: Add solid raw materials, crush and mix the aforementioned solid raw materials; Spray the mixed sugar solution onto the crushed and mixed solid raw materials; The airflow is directed toward the pulverized and mixed solid raw materials, so that the aforementioned solid raw materials are fully mixed with the mixed sugar solution; The airflow is induced to carry the mixed sugar solution and solid raw materials towards the bee comb.

10. A bee feed production process according to claim 9, characterized in that, The mixed sugar solution includes a starter culture.

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