Wasp catching and killing device utilizing beehive entrance

Abstract

The utility model discloses a wasp catching and killing device utilizing a beehive entrance, which comprises a beehive, the lower part of a front side plate of the beehive is provided with the beehive entrance, the wasp catching and killing device is characterized in that the bottom of the beehive is provided with a wasp collecting device, and a wasp entrance of the wasp collecting device and the beehive entrance are positioned on the same side and below the beehive entrance; the beehive further comprises a public entrance channel, the public entrance channel is arranged on the lower portion of the outer face of the front side plate of the beehive, and the public entrance channel is communicated with the hive entrance and the wasp entrance. By adopting the device provided by the utility model, wasps attempting to enter the beehive can be caught and killed, the access of the wasps to the hive entrance is not influenced, and even if a small amount of worker bees returning to the hive enter the wasp collecting pipe, the worker bees can fly back to the hive entrance after going out through the front and rear escape exits.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of insect trapping devices, in particular to a wasp catching and killing device utilizing a beehive nest door. Background Art

[0002] Wasps are natural enemies of honey bees. There are many species of wasps, mostly distributed in mountainous and hilly areas. Wasps are omnivorous insects that mainly prey on Lepidoptera larvae, nectar and pollen. They are important natural enemies of agricultural and forestry pests, the "nemesis" of pine caterpillars, and the protector of pine trees. They are of certain significance to the ecological balance of forest areas. However, when they find a bee colony, they will come in groups to kill bees, which is very harmful to bees. A wasp can kill 20-30 bees a day, especially in summer and autumn when nectar sources are scarce. In addition to catching bees in the air, wasps will also bite and kill a large number of bees at the door of the beehive, causing panic in the bee colony. The wasps finally attack the beehive, causing the bee colony to flee or be destroyed by the wasps. Faced with the threat of wasps, bees reduce their outdoor activities, which affects the development of the bee colony. Beekeepers can only prevent wasps from harming them by beating them or using drugs to kill them. This method of beating them manually or using drugs to kill them not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also affects the safety of the beekeepers themselves. With the invasion and widespread spread of wasps, it has also caused huge losses to the beekeeping industry in many countries. For this reason, a wasp catching and killing device for beehive nest doors is studied to provide a solution to the problem of preventing wasps from harming the nest doors of beekeeping industries at home and abroad.

[0003] The prior art CN202021388744.2 discloses a beehive nest door device that can trap hornets, but there are also some problems: first, the electric shock device not only kills hornets, but also kills the bees that come up. What is more serious is that when the electric shock device kills hornets and bees, the sting will discharge venom due to physiological phenomena. The chemical substances of the venom diffuse at the nest entrance, which will interfere with the life of the bee colony, causing the bee colony to be angry and attack humans and animals; second, the collected hornets are still in front of the beehive, which will increase the burden of the bee colony's defensive behavior. If they are not cleaned up in time, more worker bees will gather together to besiege the dead hornets in the collection device. However, the worker bees will be electrocuted as soon as they go, resulting in a decrease in the number of worker bees. Utility Model Content

[0004] The utility model aims to provide a safer wasp catching and killing device utilizing a beehive nest door.

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions: a wasp catching and killing device using a beehive nest door, comprising a beehive, a nest door is arranged at the lower part of the front side plate of the beehive, and the characteristics are: a wasp collecting device is arranged at the bottom of the beehive, and the wasp entrance of the wasp collecting device is on the same side as the nest door and is located below the nest door; and also includes a common entrance channel, the common entrance channel is arranged at the lower part of the outer side of the front side plate of the beehive, and the common entrance channel is connected with the nest door and the wasp entrance. In the above manner, the wasp entrance and the common entrance channel are arranged on the same side of the beehive nest door, and the wasps that want to attack the beehive can only enter the wasp collection pipe from the wasp entrance after entering from the common entrance channel, so as to avoid the wasps attacking the honey bees. In addition, the above scheme only traps the field bees of the wasps, and the wasps are collected and then uniformly killed, and there is no need to use drugs to kill the wasps, thereby avoiding the destruction of the ecological balance.

[0006] In order to further guide the wasps into the wasp collecting tube, the height of the nest door is 5-6 mm, the height of the wasp entrance is above 15 mm, and the width of the wasp entrance is above 15 mm and smaller than the width of the nest door.

[0007] To further facilitate the collection of the wasp collection tube, the wasp collection device includes an L-shaped wasp collection tube, which passes through the bottom of the beehive and extends upward. The end of the wasp collection tube on the same side as the nest door is the entrance end and the wasp entrance is set. The end of the wasp collection tube extending upward is the exit end and a bee escape port A is set.

[0008] To further facilitate the escape of bees, the bee escape opening B is also provided at other positions of the wasp collecting tube. The width of the bee escape opening A is 5 mm, and the bee escape opening B is a circular hole with a diameter of 5 mm.

[0009] To further guide the bees to escape, the outlet end of the wasp collection can be made of a transparent material, so that the bees are guided by light to escape from the bee escape port A. In addition, the wasps can also be guided by light to fly deeper into the collection tube to prevent them from escaping.

[0010] To further prevent the wasps from escaping, an elastic nest door is arranged at the wasp entrance.

[0011] To further prevent wasps from escaping, a plurality of bee escape bayonet holes are provided in the wasp collection tube. The bee escape bayonet holes are conical and their openings face the direction of the escape port A. The opening width of the bee escape bayonet holes is 5 mm. The bee escape bayonet holes are composed of two shrapnels facing each other.

[0012] In order to further improve the convenience of the device, two parallel reinforcement strips are provided at the bottom of the beehive, the reinforcement strips are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the front side plate of the beehive, and the wasp collection pipe is located between the two reinforcement strips.

[0013] Preferably, the common entrance channel is a cylinder with a rectangular cross-section and a depth of 20-30 mm, and the cylinder is bonded or screwed to the front side plate of the beehive. Beneficial Effects

[0014] 1. The device of the utility model can kill wasps that attempt to enter the beehive without affecting the bees' entry into the nest door. Even if a small number of returning worker bees enter the wasp collection tube, they will go out through the front and rear escape holes and fly back to the nest door.

[0015] 2. The device of the utility model only kills the field wasps of wasps, and does not use drugs to kill and destroy the nest and destroy the ecological balance.

[0016] 3. The device of the utility model reduces the wasps' irritation to the guard bees because the wasps are at the bottom of the beehive or behind the beehive during and after the killing process.

[0017] 4. The wasp collection tube of the utility model is easy and convenient to load and unload and has its own nest door, so the collected wasps can be taken to other places for centralized treatment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 This is a structural diagram of the wasp catching and killing device in Example 1;

[0019] Figure 2 This is a diagram of the structure of the wasp collection tube. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The specific implementation modes of the present invention are further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these implementation modes, and any improvement or substitution based on the basic spirit of the present embodiment still falls within the scope of protection required by the claims of the present invention.

[0021] Example 1: Figure 1 and 2 As shown, this embodiment provides a wasp catching and killing device using a beehive nest door, comprising a beehive 1, wherein a nest door 2 is arranged at the lower part of the front side plate of the beehive. In addition, the bottom of the beehive has a beehive base, and the beehive base is composed of two reinforcing strips 12, which are arranged in parallel and perpendicular to the front side plate. The height of the reinforcing strips of the beehives sold on the market is approximately 35-45 mm. The beehive in this embodiment is an existing product and can be directly purchased on the market.

[0022] The wasp killing device also includes a wasp collecting pipe 3 and a common entrance channel 4. The wasp collecting pipe is L-shaped, and the horizontal section of the L-shaped wasp collecting pipe partially passes through the bottom of the beehive and is located between two reinforcing strips. A wasp entrance 31 is provided at the front end of the horizontal section of the wasp collecting pipe, and the wasp entrance is on the same side as the nest door. The rear end of the horizontal section of the wasp collecting pipe passes through the beehive and extends upward to form an L shape. The common entrance channel is provided at the lower outer part of the front side plate of the beehive, and the common entrance channel covers the nest door and the wasp entrance, that is, the common entrance channel is communicated with the nest door and the wasp entrance at the same time.

[0023] In this embodiment, the nest door is set at the bottom middle position of the front side plate of the beehive (most of the existing beehives are also set in this way), and the height of the nest door is 5~6mm. The wasp collecting tube is located between the two reinforcing strips at the bottom of the beehive, and the entrance end of the wasp collecting tube, i.e., the wasp entrance, is located on the same side as the nest door. The height of the wasp entrance is 15mm. To ensure that the wasps can fly smoothly into the wasp collecting tube, the width of the wasps is at least 1.5cm and less than the width of the nest door. In this embodiment, the width of the wasp entrance is set to 5cm. As another embodiment, the wasp collecting tube can also be set to a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 15cm.

[0024] In addition, the common entrance passage is a cylindrical body with a rectangular cross section and a depth of 20-30 mm, and the cylindrical body is bonded or screwed to the front side plate of the beehive so as to communicate with the original beehive nest door and the wasp entrance. In this embodiment, the cylindrical body can be made of wood, and of course other materials can be used. The depth of the cylindrical body can be selected but not limited to 20 mm, 25 mm or 30 mm.

[0025] As another implementation method in this embodiment, an elastic nest door 32 is provided at the wasp entrance. The elastic nest door can be made of shrapnel (plastic shrapnel or metal shrapnel), one end of which is connected to the upper or lower part of the wasp entrance, and the other end is a free end. The free end is inclined toward the wasp collecting tube, and an opening of more than 5 mm is ensured between the free end and the wasp entrance, so that the wasp can push the shrapnel into the wasp collecting tube, but cannot fly out of the wasp collecting tube.

[0026] In this embodiment, a bee escape bayonet 33 and a bee escape port are also provided in the wasp collection pipe. The bee escape port includes a bee escape port A34 provided at the tail end of the wasp collection pipe, i.e., the uppermost end of the vertical section of the wasp collection pipe, and a bee escape port B35 provided in the middle section of the wasp collection pipe. The bee escape bayonet is provided in the wasp collection pipe and is provided in plurality.

[0027] The tail end of the wasp collection tube is set to be tapered, and the bee escape port A is set at the top of the tapered tail end. The bee escape port A is rectangular or circular, and its width or diameter is 5 mm. The bee escape port B is a round hole set on the tube body of the wasp collection tube, and the diameter of the bee escape port B is 5 mm.

[0028] There are multiple bee escape bayonet ports arranged along the bee escape direction of the wasp collection tube. The bee escape bayonet ports are conical and their openings face the direction of the bee escape opening A. The opening width of the bee escape bayonet ports is 5 mm, and all bee escape openings B are arranged after the first bee escape bayonet port. The purpose of setting the bee escape bayonet ports is to allow bees that mistakenly enter the wasp collection tube to escape from the bee escape opening through the bee escape bayonet ports, while preventing wasps from flying out of the bee escape bayonet ports. The bee escape bayonet ports are composed of two shrapnel ports arranged facing each other, and the opposite sides of the two shrapnel ports are respectively connected to the tube wall of the wasp collection tube, and the shrapnel ports are made of plastic or metal.

[0029] As one of the implementation methods in this embodiment, the tail end of the wasp collection cone is made of transparent material, so that the light guides the bees to escape from the bee escape port A. In addition, the light can also be used to guide the wasps to fly deeper into the collection tube to prevent them from escaping. Alternatively, the entire wasp collection tube can also be made of transparent material such as plastic.

[0030] The wasp killing device in this embodiment is set up using the existing beehive and nest door. Before use, the horizontal section of the wasp collecting pipe is inserted into the bottom of the beehive from the back (beehive rear side plate) to the front (beehive front side plate) so that the wasp entrance of the wasp collecting pipe is flush with the nest door. The wasp collecting pipe does not need to be connected to the beehive by other means, and the wasp collecting pipe and the base of the beehive can be directly placed on the same ground or table. Then the cylinder, i.e., the public entrance channel, is installed on the front side plate of the beehive so that the public entrance channel covers the nest door and the wasp entrance. In this way, the installation of the wasp killing device is completed. During use, the wasp will mistake the public entrance channel for the beehive entrance and fly in, but after the wasp enters the public entrance channel, it can only enter the wasp collecting pipe from the wasp entrance, and due to the setting of the elastic nest door at the wasp entrance, once the wasp flies into the wasp collecting pipe, it cannot fly out from the wasp entrance and can only stay in the wasp collecting pipe. Even if the wasp does not enter the wasp collecting tube from the wasp entrance, it will fly to the back of the beehive from the gap between the wasp collecting tube and the beehive bottom plate, and then fly out, so that the honey bees will not be attacked. In addition, a small number of worker bees may mistakenly enter the wasp collecting tube, and the worker bees that mistakenly enter the wasp collecting tube can fly out from the honey bee escape port A or the honey bee escape port B after passing through the honey bee escape bayonet. After collecting the wasps, the wasp collecting tube is directly pulled out from front to back, and due to the presence of the elastic nest door, the wasps are enclosed in the wasp collecting tube, and the staff can take the wasp collecting tube to other places to kill the wasps.

[0031] The wasp killing device using the beehive nest door in this embodiment is used, and a wasp entrance is set on the same side of the beehive nest door, and a public entrance channel is set to guide the wasps that want to attack the beehive to enter from the wasp entrance and finally enter the wasp collection tube, thereby preventing the wasps from attacking the honey bees. In addition, the killing device in this embodiment is only a field bee that traps the wasps, and the wasps are collected and then killed uniformly, without the need to use drugs to kill the wasps, thereby avoiding the damage to the ecological balance.

Claims

1. A wasp catching and killing device using a beehive nest door, comprising a beehive, wherein a nest door is provided at the lower part of the front side plate of the beehive, and characterized in that: A wasp collecting device is arranged at the bottom of the beehive, and the wasp entrance of the wasp collecting device is on the same side as the nest door and is located below the nest door; it also includes a common entrance channel, which is arranged at the lower outer part of the front side plate of the beehive, and the common entrance channel is communicated with the nest door and the wasp entrance.

2. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The height of the nest entrance is 5-6 mm, the height of the wasp entrance is above 15 mm, and the width of the wasp entrance is above 15 mm and smaller than the width of the nest entrance.

3. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The wasp collecting device includes an L-shaped wasp collecting tube, which passes through the bottom of the beehive and extends upward. The end of the wasp collecting tube on the same side as the nest door is an entrance end and the wasp entrance is set. The end of the wasp collecting tube extending upward is an exit end and a bee escape hole A is set.

4. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The bee escape opening B is also arranged in the middle section of the wasp collecting tube. The width of the bee escape opening A is 5 mm, and the bee escape opening B is a circular hole with a diameter of 5 mm.

5. The wasp catching and killing device using a beehive nest door as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: An elastic nest door is arranged at the wasp entrance.

6. The wasp catching and killing device using a beehive nest door as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: A plurality of bee escape hatches are arranged in the wasp collecting tube.

7. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that: The bee escape bayonet is conical and its opening faces the direction of the escape port A. The opening width of the bee escape bayonet is 5 mm.

8. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that: The bee escape bayonet is composed of two shrapnel arranged facing each other.

9. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: Two parallel reinforcing strips are arranged at the bottom of the beehive, the reinforcing strips are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the front side plate of the beehive, and the wasp collecting pipe is located between the two reinforcing strips.

10. The wasp catching and killing device using the beehive door as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The common entrance channel is a cylinder with a rectangular cross section and a depth of 20-30 mm, and the cylinder is bonded or screwed to the front side plate of the beehive.

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