Beehive for lazy people

Abstract

The utility model discloses a lazy beehive which comprises a beehive body, a hive door arranged on the front face of the beehive body, side baffles arranged in the beehive body, a soil cultivation plate, an inverted hive frame and a folding top plate arranged on the beehive body. According to the lazy beehive provided by the invention, people can conveniently manage bee populations, roots of the populations are not hurt during honey taking and swarming, the breeding efficiency of the bees is ensured, meanwhile, the hive entrance can be expanded during a wasp harm period, so that the bees have a wider access channel, the probability that the wasps seize the bees at the hive entrance is reduced, and the hive entrance is more attractive. The use flexibility and the use effect are better.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of beekeeping equipment, specifically to a lazy beehive. Background Technology

[0002] Beehives are the places where bees live and reproduce during beekeeping and are the most basic beekeeping tools. However, existing beehives have the following problems: (1) Existing earthen beehives require two people to turn the beehive upside down to harvest honey and a large number of brood combs need to be cut off, which is not conducive to bee colony reproduction and greatly increases the chance of bees escaping; (2) Existing earthen beehives cannot be artificially intervened during the swarming season, which leads to weak bee colonies; (3) The existing standard hives are 41cm x 51cm x 26cm in size, which is too large for Chinese honeybees, thus causing their population to reproduce slowly and making the population prone to escaping. During the late spring cold snap, the population is also prone to "brood rot disease", requiring a lot of artificial intervention to achieve high yields; (4) Due to the simple and single structure of the hive entrance, a large number of bees are bitten to death by wasps at the hive entrance during the wasp infestation period, which is not conducive to the growth of the bee population. Utility Model Content

[0003] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this application provides a "lazy beehive" that facilitates bee colony management. It ensures that the colony's foundation is not damaged during honey harvesting and swarming, thus maintaining the bees' reproductive efficiency. Furthermore, it expands the hive entrance during wasp infestations, providing bees with a wider passageway and reducing the likelihood of wasps killing bees at the entrance. This results in greater flexibility and effectiveness in use.

[0004] A lazy beehive includes a beehive body, a hive entrance on the front of the beehive body, side panels, soil-feeding board and inverted hive frames inside the beehive body, and a folding top panel on the beehive body.

[0005] Preferably, the number of side baffles is two; the number of soil-nurturing boards is two; the number of inverted nest frames is a set of five; the two soil-nurturing boards and the five inverted nest frames are arranged in any manner.

[0006] Furthermore, the beehive body consists of a rectangular, hollow, top-opening box, upper limit plates located at the top of the front and back outer walls of the top-opening box, recessed steps located at the top of the front and back inner walls of the top-opening box, a drain hole vertically penetrating the bottom of the top-opening box, a homing platform extending forward from the bottom of the top-opening box, a homing opening located at the lower end of the front of the top-opening box and penetrating the front of the top-opening box, and support legs located at the bottom of the top-opening box.

[0007] Preferably, the height of the homing opening is 2.5cm; the upper surface of the upper limit plate is higher than the upper surface of the upper opening box.

[0008] Preferably, the two side baffles are respectively mounted on the left and right side walls of the upper-opening box.

[0009] Furthermore, the folding top plate consists of a small plate and a large plate connected to the small plate via hinges; the small plate and the large plate have different lengths but the same width.

[0010] Furthermore, the nest entrance consists of a long, narrow entrance plate, two long inlets and outlets arranged side by side on one long side of the entrance plate, two short inlets and outlets arranged on the other long side of the entrance plate, and entrance fixing holes arranged on the left and right sides of the entrance plate.

[0011] Preferably, the width of both the long inlet and the short inlet is 0.6 cm; one of the long inlets is fitted onto the long edge of the nest entrance panel, and the distance between the two long inlets is less than or equal to 1.3 cm; both of the short inlets are fitted onto the same long edge of the nest entrance panel.

[0012] Furthermore, the soil curing board consists of a horizontal plate spanning two sunken steps, two parallel vertical plates set on the lower side of the horizontal plate and fixed integrally with the horizontal plate, and a rope hole that vertically penetrates the horizontal plate; the vertical plates are parallel to the front side wall of the upper open box, and a handle rope is attached to the rope hole, which is located on the outside of the vertical plate.

[0013] In addition, the inverted nest frame consists of a horizontal frame plate erected on two sunken steps, a nest frame body set on the lower side of the horizontal frame plate, several nest frame wires horizontally set inside the nest frame body, and a foundation groove set on the inner wall of the upper side wall of the nest frame body; the upper side wall of the horizontal frame plate is also provided with a handle, and the nest frame body is fixed to the horizontal frame plate by straps.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the embodiments of this application have the following beneficial effects:

[0015] This invention facilitates bee colony management, ensuring that the colony's foundation is not damaged during honey harvesting and swarming, thus guaranteeing bee reproductive efficiency. Furthermore, it expands the hive entrance during wasp infestations, providing bees with a wider passageway and reducing the likelihood of wasps killing them at the entrance. This design offers greater flexibility and effectiveness.

[0016] Some of the additional features of this application will be described in the following description. These additional features will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following description and the accompanying drawings, or upon understanding the production or operation of the embodiments. The features disclosed in this application can be implemented and achieved through the practice or use of various methods, means, and combinations thereof with respect to the specific embodiments described below. Attached Figure Description

[0017] The accompanying drawings, which are provided to further illustrate this application and constitute a part of this application, illustrate exemplary embodiments of this application and are used to explain this application, but do not constitute a limitation thereof. In the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same components.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a top view of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 2 This is a top view of the structure of this utility model after the folding top plate has been removed.

[0020] Figure 3 This is a top view of the structure of this utility model after the folding top plate, soil curing board, and inverted nest frame have been removed.

[0021] Figure 4 This is a top view of the folding top plate of this utility model.

[0022] Figure 5 This is a front view of the invention with the nest entrance removed.

[0023] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the nest entrance of this utility model.

[0024] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the main entrance of this utility model.

[0025] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the reverse-mounted nest door of this utility model.

[0026] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the soil curing board of this utility model.

[0027] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the inverted nest frame of this utility model.

[0028] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:

[0029] 100. Beehive body; 101. Top-opening hive body; 102. Upper limit plate; 103. Lower step; 104. Drainage hole; 105. Homing platform; 106. Homing entrance; 107. Support legs;

[0030] 200. Folding top panel; 201. Small panel; 202. Large panel; 203. Loose hinge;

[0031] 300. Nest entrance; 301. Nest entrance panel; 302. Long entrance / exit; 303. Short entrance / exit; 304. Nest entrance fixing hole;

[0032] 400. Soil curing board; 401. Horizontal board; 402. Vertical board; 403. Rope hole;

[0033] 500. Inverted frame; 501. Horizontal support plate; 502. Frame body; 503. Frame wire; 504. Foundation groove;

[0034] 600, side panel. Detailed Implementation

[0035] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort should fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0036] It should be noted that if the terms "first," "second," etc., are used in the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this application, they are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate for the embodiments of this application described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0037] In this application, when terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "middle," "vertical," "horizontal," "lateral," and "longitudinal" are used, they indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings. These terms are mainly for better describing this application and its embodiments, and are not intended to limit the indicated device, element, or component to having a specific orientation, or to be constructed and operated in a specific orientation.

[0038] Furthermore, in addition to indicating location or positional relationship, some of the aforementioned terms may also have other meanings. For example, the term "above" may also be used in some cases to indicate a certain dependency or connection relationship. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of these terms in this application based on the specific circumstances.

[0039] Furthermore, in this application, the terms "installation," "setup," "equipped with," "connection," "linking," and "socketing," etc., should be interpreted broadly. For example, they can refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral structure; they can refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; they can refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or an internal connection between two devices, components, or parts. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this application according to the specific circumstances.

[0040] It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features described in this application can be combined with each other. This application will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0041] Example 1

[0042] like Figure 1 , 2 As shown, a lazy beehive includes a beehive body 100, a hive entrance 300 on the front of the beehive body 100, a side panel 600, a soil-raising board 400 and an inverted hive frame 500 inside the beehive body 100, and a folding top panel 200 on the beehive body 100.

[0043] The number of side baffles 600 is two; the number of soil-nurturing boards 400 is two; the number of inverted nest frames 500 is a set of five; the two soil-nurturing boards 400 and the five inverted nest frames 500 are arranged in any manner.

[0044] Specifically, the first method is to arrange the five inverted frames as a group, for example, one inverted frame - soil-bed - soil-bed, soil-bed - one inverted frame - soil-bed, soil-bed - soil-bed - one inverted frame; the second method is to set up the five inverted frames independently, and any number of inverted frames can be placed before, between, or after two soil-beds. This arrangement greatly improves the flexibility of product use.

[0045] like Figure 3 , 5As shown, the beehive body 100 consists of a rectangular, hollow, top-opening box 101, an upper limit plate 102 located at the top of the front outer wall and the back outer wall of the top-opening box 101, a recessed step 103 located at the top of the front inner wall and the back inner wall of the top-opening box 101, a drain hole 104 vertically penetrating the bottom of the top-opening box 101, a homing platform 105 extending forward from the bottom of the top-opening box 101, a homing opening 106 located at the lower end of the front of the top-opening box 101 and penetrating the front of the top-opening box 101, and a support foot 107 located at the bottom of the top-opening box 101.

[0046] Because of the recessed steps, a 1.5-2cm gap can exist between the soil-feeding board, the inverted frames, and the folded top plate. During autumn and spring breeding seasons, pollen paste can be placed in the space above the soil-feeding board and the inverted frames. This 1.5-2cm gap prevents the folded top plate from crushing the pollen paste, effectively avoiding it falling to the bottom of the hive due to pressure. The pollen paste mentioned above is a paste-like bee feed that can be used as food for bee larvae during the breeding season.

[0047] The height of the homing port 106 is 2.5cm; the upper surface of the upper limit plate 102 is higher than the upper surface of the upper opening box 101.

[0048] The upper limit plate can restrict the folding top plate and effectively prevent the folding top plate from sliding back and forth.

[0049] The two side baffles 600 are respectively mounted on the left and right side walls inside the upper open box 101.

[0050] The side panels are simply attached to the left and right side walls of the top-opening hive and are not fixed in place. This effectively prevents bees from building combs on the side walls of the top-opening hive. Since bees may build combs on the side panels, when lifting the adjacent bee board or inverting the frames, the side panels can be lifted as a whole, preventing the combs from tearing and honey from flowing back into the hive. Without side panels, the combs may be attached to both the side walls of the top-opening hive and the bee board or inverted frames. Lifting the bee board or inverted frames would cause the combs to tear and leak honey.

[0051] like Figure 4 As shown, the folding top plate 200 consists of a small plate 201 and a large plate 202 connected to the small plate 201 and which can be folded by a hinge 203; the small plate 201 and the large plate 202 have different lengths but the same width.

[0052] During setup, the folding top panel extends from both sides to create an upper opening, reducing the difficulty of flipping it open. Since bees prefer darkness inside the hive, the folding top panel is designed as two panels. This allows beekeepers to flip only the side where the bees are not clustered, minimizing light entering the hive during observation and reducing the impact of light on the bees. Furthermore, because bees in the hive can have strong and weak colonies, two panels of the same size are insufficient to completely cover the strong colonies. Therefore, the two panels are designed with one long and one short. The larger panel provides maximum coverage of the strong colonies, while the smaller panel allows the user to observe the interior of the hive.

[0053] like Figure 7 As shown, the nest entrance 300 consists of a long strip-shaped nest entrance plate 301, two long inlets and outlets 302 arranged side by side on one long side of the nest entrance plate 301, two short inlets and outlets 303 arranged on the other long side of the nest entrance plate 301, and nest entrance fixing holes 304 arranged on the left and right sides of the nest entrance plate 301.

[0054] The width of both the long inlet / outlet 302 and the short inlet / outlet 303 is 0.6 cm; one of the long inlet / outlet 302 is attached to the long edge of the nest entrance plate 301, and the distance between the two long inlet / outlet 302 is less than or equal to 1.3 cm; both of the short inlet / outlet 303 are attached to the same long edge of the nest entrance plate 301.

[0055] In normal circumstances, such as Figure 7 The entrance panel is set up as shown, with the long side of the entrance panel, which has a short inlet / outlet, fitting snugly against the homing platform. Bees can then enter and exit through both short inlets / outlets. During wasp infestation periods, the entrance panel is reversed, allowing bees to enter and exit as shown. Figure 8 The hive entrance is set up in the manner shown, so that the long side of the side with the long entrance and exit fits against the homing platform. This provides bees with a larger passageway, allowing them to more effectively avoid wasps when entering and exiting, and reducing the chance of wasps harming bees while waiting at the entrance.

[0056] It is important to note that the distance between the short and long inlets / outlets with the closest horizontal spacing should be greater than 1.9 cm to ensure that only one of the long or short inlets / outlets is accessible to bees for entering and exiting the hive at any given time.

[0057] like Figure 9As shown, the soil curing board 400 consists of a horizontal plate 401 spanning two sunken steps 103, two parallel vertical plates 402 disposed on the lower side of the horizontal plate 401 and fixed integrally with the horizontal plate 401, and a rope hole 403 vertically penetrating the horizontal plate 401; the vertical plates 402 are parallel to the front side wall of the upper open box 101, and a handle rope is attached to the rope hole 403, which is located on the outside of the vertical plate 402.

[0058] The two vertical panels serve the same purpose as the side panels: to prevent bees from simultaneously placing the honeycomb on both the horizontal panel and the side wall of the upper-opening hive. This ensures that the soil-raising board will not be torn when lifted because the honeycomb is located on both sides. Because the structure inside the upper-opening hive is relatively compact, with small gaps between adjacent structures, it is difficult to lift the soil-raising board by hand. The purpose of the lanyard hole and the handle is to facilitate lifting the soil-raising board. Placing the lanyard hole on the outside of the vertical panels effectively prevents the lanyard hole from interfering with the bees building the honeycomb.

[0059] like Figure 10 As shown, the inverted nest frame 500 consists of a horizontal frame plate 501 mounted on two sunken steps 103, a nest frame body 502 located on the lower side of the horizontal frame plate 501, several nest frame wires 503 horizontally arranged inside the nest frame body 502, and a foundation groove 504 located on the inner wall of the upper side wall of the nest frame body 502; the upper side wall of the horizontal frame plate 501 is also provided with a handle, and the nest frame body 502 is fixed to the horizontal frame plate 501 by straps.

[0060] There are three purposes for securing the frame body to the horizontal shelf with straps. First, it facilitates quick assembly and disassembly. During later use, the frame body can be quickly removed, and after removal, the frame body can be flipped over and the new straps can be used to quickly secure the frame body to the horizontal shelf. Second, it helps to separate the inverted frame from adjacent structures, preventing the two beehives from connecting due to the inverted frame being too close to the adjacent structure. Third, it provides a passage for the bees, allowing them to pass through the gap to enter other inverted frames or earthen shelves.

[0061] The aforementioned handle can be a screw that is not fully screwed into the horizontal frame plate, or it can be a specially designed handle or a lifting rope. This structure can be set according to actual usage needs, as long as the inverted nest frame can be lifted by the handle. Those skilled in the art can complete its setting and use without creative labor based on the above description, so it will not be elaborated here.

[0062] Foundation groove is a horizontal groove set on the inner wall of the upper side of the main frame. It only needs to be set on the inner wall of the upper side. Its purpose is to provide a foundation when bees build new combs so that the combs made by the bees can be located in the middle of the inverted frame.

[0063] Bees initially cluster on the earthen frame. Once the earthen frame is full, they continue building on the inverted frames. In other words, the inverted frames contain newly built combs, and the queen bee prefers to lay eggs on these new combs in the inverted frames. The old combs on the earthen frame are used for honey storage because the queen doesn't like to lay eggs there. However, if the local nectar source is good, bees will store honey in the upper half of the five inverted frames (also called the honey area) and lay eggs in the lower half (brood area). To harvest more honey, beekeepers will cut off the honey area in each inverted frame. After cutting off the honey area, the upper half of the comb is empty. At this point, the binding straps need to be cut, and the main body of the frame needs to be turned upside down to complete the "inversion" of the main frame. The inverted frame is then placed back in its original position. Once the larvae emerge from the upper half, the empty cells are filled with honey, becoming new honey areas. Meanwhile, the bees create new cells in the lower half, where the queen continues to lay eggs and reproduce, creating new brood areas. This process ensures that the inverted frame in this embodiment does not harm the brood areas after honey harvesting, thus guaranteeing bee reproduction.

[0064] It should be noted that all features disclosed in this specification, or all steps in all methods or processes disclosed, may be combined in any way, except for mutually exclusive features and / or steps.

[0065] Furthermore, the specific embodiments described above are exemplary. Those skilled in the art can devise various solutions inspired by the disclosure of this utility model, and these solutions all fall within the scope of this utility model and its protection. Those skilled in the art should understand that this utility model specification and its drawings are illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of the claims. The scope of protection of this utility model is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A lazy beehive, characterized in that, It includes a beehive body (100), a hive entrance (300) on the front of the beehive body (100), a side panel (600), a soil-raising board (400) and an inverted hive frame (500) inside the beehive body (100), and a folding top panel (200) on the beehive body (100).

2. The lazy beehive according to claim 1, characterized in that, The number of side baffles (600) is two; the number of soil-nurturing boards (400) is two; the number of inverted nest frames (500) is a set of five; the two soil-nurturing boards (400) and the five inverted nest frames (500) are arranged in any manner.

3. A lazy beehive according to claim 2, characterized in that, The beehive body (100) consists of a rectangular and hollow upper-opening box body (101), an upper limit plate (102) set at the top of the front outer wall and the back outer wall of the upper-opening box body (101), a sunken step (103) set at the top of the front inner wall and the back inner wall of the upper-opening box body (101), a drain hole (104) vertically penetrating the bottom of the upper-opening box body (101), a homing platform (105) extending forward from the bottom of the upper-opening box body (101), a homing opening (106) set at the lower end of the front of the upper-opening box body (101) and penetrating the front of the upper-opening box body (101), and a support foot (107) set at the bottom of the upper-opening box body (101).

4. A lazy beehive according to claim 3, characterized in that, The height of the homing opening (106) is 2.5cm; the upper surface of the upper limit plate (102) is higher than the upper surface of the upper opening box (101).

5. A lazy beehive according to claim 4, characterized in that, The two side baffles (600) are respectively mounted on the left and right side walls inside the upper open box (101).

6. A lazy beehive according to claim 5, characterized in that, The folding top plate (200) consists of a small plate (201) and a large plate (202) connected to the small plate (201) via a hinge (203); the small plate (201) and the large plate (202) have different lengths but the same width.

7. A lazy beehive according to claim 6, characterized in that, The entrance (300) consists of a long strip entrance plate (301), two long entrances and exits (302) arranged side by side on one long side of the entrance plate (301), two short entrances and exits (303) arranged on the other long side of the entrance plate (301), and entrance fixing holes (304) arranged on the left and right sides of the entrance plate (301).

8. A lazy beehive according to claim 7, characterized in that, The width of both the long inlet / outlet (302) and the short inlet / outlet (303) is 0.6 cm; one of the long inlet / outlet (302) is attached to the long edge of the entrance panel (301), and the distance between the two long inlet / outlet (302) is less than or equal to 1.3 cm; both of the short inlet / outlet (303) are attached to the same long edge of the entrance panel (301).

9. A lazy beehive according to claim 8, characterized in that, The soil curing board (400) consists of a horizontal board (401) spanning two sunken steps (103), two parallel vertical boards (402) set on the lower side of the horizontal board (401) and fixed together with the horizontal board (401), and a rope hole (403) vertically penetrating the horizontal board (401); the vertical board (402) is parallel to the front side wall of the upper open box (101), and a handle rope is tied in the rope hole (403), and the rope hole (403) is located outside the vertical board (402).

10. A lazy beehive according to claim 9, characterized in that, The inverted frame (500) consists of a horizontal frame plate (501) erected on two sunken steps (103), a frame body (502) set on the lower side of the horizontal frame plate (501), several frame wires (503) laid horizontally inside the frame body (502), and a foundation groove (504) set on the inner wall of the upper side wall of the frame body (502); the upper side wall of the horizontal frame plate (501) is also provided with a handle, and the frame body (502) is fixed to the horizontal frame plate (501) by straps.

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