Queen rearing platform base suitable for Chinese bees

Abstract

The utility model discloses a queen bee rearing platform base suitable for apis cerana, and relates to the technical field of bee breeding equipment, the queen bee rearing platform base comprises a platform base and a platform base sheet, an inner cavity of the platform base is of a big-end-up structure, the diameter of the top of the inner cavity is 6.8-7.2 mm, the diameter of the bottom of the inner cavity is 6.1-6.7 mm, and the height of the inner cavity is 8-9 mm; the base piece comprises a bearing portion and an inserting portion which are connected with each other, the bearing portion is used for bearing the base, the inserting portion is used for being connected with a honeycomb, and the bottom face of the base is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the bearing portion. The diameter of the top of the inner cavity of the platform base is 6.8-7.2 mm, the diameter of the bottom of the inner cavity is 6.1-6.7 mm, and the height of the inner cavity is 8-9 mm, so that compared with the size of an existing platform base, the platform base provided by the utility model is more in line with the biological characteristics of Chinese bees, thereby being more beneficial to queen bee rearing of the Chinese bees. The contact area with the queen breeding frame supporting strips is increased by arranging the table base piece located at the bottom of the table base, and therefore the stability of the table base is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of bee breeding equipment, in particular to a queen bee rearing platform base suitable for Chinese bees. Background Art

[0002] The queen bee is the only female bee in the bee colony with fully developed sexual organs and is dedicated to laying eggs. The quality of the queen bee has a direct impact on the production performance, disease resistance, swarming property, etc. of the bee colony. Therefore, queen bee cultivation is a key link in bee breeding. The platform base is the basic condition and tool for the bee colony to cultivate queen bees and produce royal jelly, and factors such as its quantity, material, size, etc. may affect the development of queen bees.

[0003] Most of the research on the effect of the platform base on bee queen rearing is mainly focused on Italian bees, and the platform base products on the market are also mainly developed for supporting Italian bee production. However, the body size of Chinese bees is smaller than that of Italian bees, and the diameter of the platform base used for queen rearing should be appropriately reduced. Moreover, Italian bee platform bases are sometimes used for royal jelly production, and in order to accommodate more royal jelly, the height of the platform base is generally relatively high. We investigated two platform base products on the market, and their inner diameters and heights are 8.971 mm, 11.5 mm and 8.254 mm, 10.542 mm respectively. Directly using this kind of Italian bee platform base for Chinese bee queen rearing results in poor success rate and quality of queen rearing. In addition, since the inner cavity of the conventional platform base is generally structured with a larger upper part and a smaller lower part, the contact area between the bottom of the platform base and the support bar of the queen rearing frame is small, and the stability is insufficient. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a platform base suitable for Chinese bee queen rearing according to the biological characteristics of Chinese bees. Summary of the Utility Model

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a queen bee rearing platform base suitable for Chinese bees, so as to solve the problems existing in the above-mentioned prior art, improve the success rate and quality of Chinese bee queen rearing, and increase the stability of the connection between the platform base and the queen rearing frame.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following scheme:

[0006] A queen bee rearing platform base suitable for Chinese bees includes a platform base and a platform base piece. The inner cavity of the platform base is structured with a larger upper part and a smaller lower part. The top diameter of the inner cavity is 6.8 - 7.2 mm, the bottom diameter of the inner cavity is 6.1 - 6.7 mm, and the height of the inner cavity is 8 - 9 mm. The platform base piece includes a supporting part and a plugging part that are connected to each other. The supporting part is used to support the platform base, and the plugging part is used to connect with the honeycomb spleen. The bottom surface of the platform base is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the supporting part.

[0007] Preferably, the top diameter of the inner cavity is 7 mm.

[0008] Preferably, the bottom diameter of the inner cavity is 6.5 mm.

[0009] Preferably, the height of the inner cavity is 8.5 mm.

[0010] Preferably, the inner cavity includes a straight section located at the upper part and a tapered section located at the lower part.

[0011] Preferably, the length of the straight section is 4 - 5 mm.

[0012] Preferably, the pedestal is made of medium beeswax material.

[0013] Preferably, the length of the pedestal piece is 18 - 22 mm and the width is 9 - 11 mm.

[0014] Preferably, the supporting part is of a rectangular structure.

[0015] Preferably, the plug-in part is of an isosceles triangle structure with the tip facing forward.

[0016] The present utility model has achieved the following technical effects compared with the prior art:

[0017] By setting the top diameter of the inner cavity of the pedestal to 6.8 - 7.2 mm, the bottom diameter to 6.1 - 6.7 mm, and the height of the inner cavity to 8 - 9 mm, compared with the existing pedestal size, the pedestal provided by the present utility model is more in line with the biological characteristics of the Chinese honeybee, thus being more conducive to queen rearing of the Chinese honeybee.

[0018] By providing a pedestal piece at the bottom of the pedestal, the contact area with the support bar of the queen rearing frame is increased, thereby improving the stability of the pedestal. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required to be used in the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a column chart of experimental results;

[0021] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the queen rearing pedestal applicable to the Chinese honeybee disclosed by the present utility model;

[0022] Among them, 1, pedestal; 2, pedestal piece; 3, plug-in part; 4, supporting part; 5, bottom of the inner cavity; 6, tapered section; 7, straight section; 8, top of the inner cavity. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present utility model from the content disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present utility model, rather than all the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present utility model without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0024] It should be noted that the structures, ratios, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings of this specification are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the specification for those skilled in the art to understand and read, and are not used to limit the conditions under which the present utility model can be implemented. Therefore, they do not have technical essence. Any modification of the structure, change of the proportional relationship or adjustment of the size, without affecting the effects that the present utility model can produce and the purposes that can be achieved, should still fall within the scope covered by the technical content disclosed in the present utility model. In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "longitudinal", "transverse", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present utility model, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present utility model. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance. Thus, the features defined with "first", "second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

[0025] It should also be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, the same reference numerals are used to represent the same component or the same part.

[0026] The purpose of the present utility model is to provide a queen rearing cell base suitable for Chinese honeybees, so as to solve the problems existing in the prior art, improve the success rate and quality of queen rearing for Chinese honeybees, and increase the stability of the connection between the cell base and the queen rearing frame.

[0027] In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present utility model more obvious and understandable, the present utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

[0028] The research in "Research on the Natural and Artificial Queen Cells of Chinese Honeybees" (Ren Qin, Dai Rongguo, Cheng Shang, etc. Research on the Natural and Artificial Queen Cells of Chinese Honeybees [J]. Apiculture of China, 2012, 63(Z3): 8-10.) found that a queen cell diameter of 8 mm is more suitable for rearing queens in Chinese honeybees, and the acceptance rate of the queen cells is higher than that of 9 mm and 10 mm queen cells.

[0029] Table 5 Results of Multiple Comparisons on the Influence of Queen Cell Caliber on Queen Cell Acceptance Rate

[0030]

[0031] The applicant expanded the comparison through queen rearing experiments on the influence of 7 queen cell diameters in the range of 6-12 mm on the queen cell size, queen emergence rate, queen initial weight, and initial morphological indicators (see the experimental results in Figure 1 ), and found that the queen rearing acceptance rate of the queen cells with a diameter of 7 mm is higher than that of other size groups, and the queen morphological characteristics are also more beneficial to the production of the bee colony, and the queen rearing effect is better.

[0032] Based on the above research, we improved the existing queen cell size and proposed a queen cell suitable for rearing queens in Chinese honeybees.

[0033] Please refer to Figure 2 , this embodiment provides a queen cell suitable for Chinese honeybees, including queen cell 1 and queen cell piece 2. The caliber of the existing queen cell is relatively large and is mainly suitable for queen rearing production in Italian honeybees. Directly using the Italian honeybee queen cell for queen rearing in Chinese honeybees results in poor success rate and quality of queen rearing. The inner cavity of the queen cell 1 provided in this embodiment has a structure that is larger at the top and smaller at the bottom. The diameter of the top 8 of the inner cavity is 6.8-7.2 mm, preferably 7 mm; the diameter of the bottom 5 of the inner cavity is 6.1-6.7 mm, preferably 6.5 mm. The caliber size is smaller than the Italian honeybee queen cells above 8 mm on the market, which is more beneficial for queen rearing in Chinese honeybees.

[0034] The existing queen cell has a relatively high height and is mainly suitable for royal jelly production in Italian honeybees. However, Chinese honeybees do not have a demand for royal jelly production. Directly using the Italian honeybee queen cell for queen rearing results in poor success rate and quality of queen rearing. Therefore, the inner cavity height of the queen cell 1 provided in this embodiment is 8-9 mm, preferably 8.5 mm, which is smaller than the Italian honeybee queen cells above 10.5 mm on the market, and is more beneficial for queen rearing in Chinese honeybees.

[0035] As a preferred solution of this embodiment, the inner cavity of the queen cell 1 includes a straight section 7 located in the upper part and a tapered section 6 located in the lower part. The length of the straight section 7 is 4-5 mm, preferably 4.5 mm.

[0036] The queen cell 1 provided in this embodiment uses the wax material of Chinese honeybees, which has a simple production process and can reduce the rejection reaction of Chinese honeybees.

[0037] Production steps of the wax queen cell:

[0038] 1. Prepare materials and tools: a queen cup rod with a diameter of 7 mm, beeswax, cold water, a wax melting pot, etc.

[0039] 2. Melt the beeswax: Put the beeswax into the wax melting pot and heat it until it melts. To keep the beeswax in a liquid state, the melted beeswax can be placed in hot water at about 75 °C for water bath heating.

[0040] 3. Make the queen cup base: Wet the queen cup rod with cold water, vertically insert it into the melted wax, submerge 8.5 mm of the queen cup rod, take it out and wait for a while before putting it in again. Repeat 2 - 3 times, and the depth of each insertion gradually becomes shallower. Finally, put the made queen cup base into cold water to cool, and then gently rotate it to detach it from the queen cup rod. The production of the queen cup base is completed.

[0041] In this embodiment, a base plate 2 is provided at the bottom of the queen cup 1. The base plate 2 includes a supporting part 4 and a plugging part 3 that are connected to each other. The supporting part 4 is used to support the queen cup 1, and preferably adopts a rectangular structure; the plugging part 3 is used to connect with the comb, and preferably adopts an isosceles triangle structure with the tip facing forward. The bottom surface of the queen cup 1 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the supporting part 4. The length of the base plate 2 is 18 - 22 mm, preferably 20 mm, and the width is 9 - 11 mm, preferably 10 mm.

[0042] By setting the base plate 2, the contact area between the bottom of the queen cup 1 and the support bar of the queen rearing frame can be increased, thereby improving the stability of the queen cup 1. In addition, setting the length of the base plate 2 to 18 - 22 mm, preferably 20 mm, is beneficial to controlling the spacing of the queen cup 1 on the support bar. When the queen cup is reared successfully, remove the queen cup 1 and the base plate 2, and insert the plugging part 3 of the base plate 2 into the comb, so as to fix the queen cup 1 on the comb.

[0043] When rearing queens, soak the queen cup 1 and the base plate 2 in beeswax and then bond them together. Then stick the base plate 2 on the support bar of the queen rearing frame, drop in royal jelly and transfer 1 - day-old larvae, put them into the production colony to induce worker bees to secrete royal jelly, and nurse the queen larvae until the queen develops and matures.

[0044] After the artificial queen cup of the Chinese honeybee is reared successfully, when taking it out, cut it off together with the base plate 2, which will not damage the queen in the queen cup 1. Then the queen cup 1 can be directly fixed on the comb by using the base plate 2.

[0045] In the present utility model, the top diameter of the inner cavity of the queen cell base 1 is set to be 6.8 - 7.2 mm, the bottom diameter is set to be 6.1 - 6.7 mm, and the height of the inner cavity is set to be 8 - 9 mm. Compared with the existing queen cell base sizes, the queen cell base 1 provided by the present utility model is more in line with the biological characteristics of the Chinese honeybee, thus being more conducive to queen rearing of the Chinese honeybee. By providing the queen cell base piece 2 at the bottom of the queen cell base 1, the contact area with the support bar of the queen rearing frame is increased, thereby improving the stability of the queen cell base 1. In addition, the presence of the queen cell base piece 2 is also beneficial to controlling the spacing of the queen cell base 1 on the support bar, and when the queen cell is formed, the queen cell base 1 can be directly fixed on the comb by using the queen cell base piece 2.

[0046] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the terms "installed", "connected", and "coupled" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can be the communication inside two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0047] If the present utility model discloses or involves components or structural parts that are fixedly connected to each other, then, unless otherwise stated, the fixed connection can be understood as: a detachable fixed connection (such as using bolts or screws for connection), or it can also be understood as: a non-detachable fixed connection (such as riveting, welding). Of course, the mutual fixed connection can also be replaced by an integral structure (such as being integrally formed by using a casting process) (except when it is obviously impossible to adopt the integral forming process).

[0048] In addition, the terms used to represent the positional relationship or shape in any of the technical solutions disclosed by the present utility model described above, unless otherwise stated, include states or shapes that are approximate, similar, or close to them.

[0049] Any component provided by the present utility model can either be assembled from multiple individual components or be a single component manufactured by an integral forming process.

[0050] Adaptability changes made according to actual needs are all within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0051] It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, it is obvious that the present utility model is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and the present utility model can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or basic characteristics of the present utility model. Therefore, from any point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-limiting. The scope of the present utility model is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description. Therefore, all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims are intended to be embraced within the present utility model. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the claims involved.

[0052] Specific examples are used in the present utility model to elaborate on the principles and implementation manners of the present utility model. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method and its core idea of the present utility model; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present utility model, there will be changes in the specific implementation manners and application scopes. In summary, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present utility model.

Claims

1. A queen raising platform suitable for Chinese honey bees, characterized in that: It includes a base and a base sheet, the inner cavity of the base is a structure that is larger at the top and smaller at the bottom, the top diameter of the inner cavity is 6.8-7.2mm, the bottom diameter of the inner cavity is 6.1-6.7mm, and the height of the inner cavity is 8-9mm; the base sheet includes a supporting part and an inserting part that are connected to each other, the supporting part is used to support the base, and the inserting part is used to connect with the honeycomb, and the bottom surface of the base is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the supporting part.

2. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top diameter of the inner cavity is 7 mm.

3. The queen rearing base for Chinese bees according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom diameter of the inner cavity is 6.5 mm.

4. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 1, characterized in that: The height of the inner cavity is 8.5 mm.

5. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner cavity includes a straight section at an upper portion and a tapered section at a lower portion.

6. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 5, characterized in that: The length of the straight section is 4-5 mm.

7. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base is made of Chinese beeswax.

8. The queen rearing base for Chinese bees according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The length of the substrate is 18-22 mm and the width is 9-11 mm.

9. The queen rearing platform for Chinese bees according to claim 8, characterized in that: The supporting portion is a rectangular structure.

10. The queen rearing base for Chinese bees according to claim 8, characterized in that: The plug-in portion is an isosceles triangle structure with the tip facing forward.

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