Catch box for anti-hornet tent

Abstract

The capture box for anti-hornet tent is a device placed on the roof of an anti-hornet tent which allows the definitive capture of hornets trapped at the top of the tent. Made of a translucent material, it is the same length as the depth of the tent to be equipped, equipped with an open window in its lower part and a window closed by a removable mesh in its upper part with a small opening in the mesh to allow the transfer of hornets into a trap such as a bottle trap without bait placed above the box.

Description

Title of the invention: Capture box for anti-hornet tent

[0001] The invention is a device for permanently capturing hornets trapped in an anti-hornet tent. Context

[0002] Asian hornets have colonized several European countries and destroy thousands of hives each year by capturing bees to feed their larvae. The hornets lay siege to hives, terrorizing the bees, which stop foraging, which leads to a blockage of the colonies and their destruction.

[0003] To date, only the frontal anti-hornet tent can protect bees from hornet attacks; its inventors are proposing an original complementary device for the definitive capture of hornets. Statement of the invention

[0004] The operating principle of the frontal anti-hornet tent (patent FR3114728A1) is the neutralization of hornets appearing at the apiary with the aim of preventing the hornets from gathering and making the apiary invisible to their nests.

[0005] The front anti-hornet tent, placed against the front facade of the hive, captures hornets that climb to the top of the tent and are unable to come back down.

[0006] The capture box for anti-hornet tent is placed on the roof of an anti-hornet tent and aims to quickly and permanently transfer all captive hornets at the top of the tent to a trap without bait placed on the box.

[0007] The anti-hornet tent capture box uses the same principles as the anti-hornet tent, hornets enter it because they always choose to climb to escape.

[0008] The trap placed on the capture box can be a simple bottle trap in order to be disposable and thus ensure the safety of the beekeeper who is never in direct contact with the hornets.

[0009] The capture box for anti-hornet tent is very economical in construction and can be integrated into a complete anti-hornet tent solution. Detailed description

[0010] The capture box for an anti-hornet tent is a box made of a translucent material, of a length equal to the depth of the anti-hornet tent to be equipped, provided with an open window in its lower part and a window closed by a removable mesh in its upper part comprising a small opening allowing the hornets to pass through.

[0011] The lower window lets all insects through while the upper part blocks them. hornets and lets bees and other stray small insects pass through. The mesh part has a small opening to allow the hornets to be transferred into a trap such as a baitless bottle trap placed above the box.

[0012] The removable mesh allows for possible replacement with a model with a mesh more suited to the hornets encountered.

[0013] The capture box for the anti-hornet tent is placed on the roof of the anti-hornet tent on its left or right edge in the direction of its depth.

[0014] [Fig-1] A capture box for an anti-hornet tent. Prior art

[0015] There are trap-type capture devices placed on the roof of the anti-hornet tent, they are not always effective because the hornets usually have to enter through a cone of reduced dimensions.

Claims

Claims

1. A capture box for an anti-hornet tent provided with an open window in its lower part and a window closed by a mesh having a small opening in its upper part.

2. A hornet tent capture box according to the first claim made of a translucent material.

3. A capture box for an anti-hornet tent according to the first claim of length equal to the depth of the anti-hornet tent to be equipped.

4. A capture box for an anti-hornet tent according to the first claim in which the mesh is removable.

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