Ant-Soaked Sugar Bee Repellent for Pesticide Bait Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sugar bait pesticides harm bees when they accidentally consume them, posing risks to bee health and disrupting bee colonies due to pesticide residues.

Innovation Solution

A bee repellent is prepared by soaking ants in a sugar and water mixture, creating a scent that repels bees and reduces their willingness to feed on sugar water, thereby preventing accidental ingestion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If sugar bait pesticides are used to control ants and mosquitoes, then pest control effectiveness is improved, but bees may accidentally consume them causing harm to bee health and honey contamination

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepest control effectivenessVSAvoidharm to bees and honey contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses ants as an intermediary substance soaked in sugar water to create a repellent that indirectly protects bees. The ants serve as a mediator that transfers the repellent properties to the sugar water, creating a substance that repels bees without directly exposing them to harmful pesticides.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent converts the harmful effect of pesticides on bees into a beneficial repellent effect. By using ants soaked in sugar water (which naturally repels bees), the invention creates a substance that actively deters bees from consuming it, thus preventing harm while maintaining pest control effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

2Productivity

If conventional sugar bait pesticides are deployed around beekeeping areas, then ant and mosquito control is improved, but bee colony stability deteriorates due to accidental consumption and pesticide residues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveant and mosquito controlVSAvoidbee colony stability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The ants soaked in sugar water serve as an intermediary that provides pest control functionality while inherently repelling bees. This intermediary substance allows the deployment of effective pest control measures without compromising bee colony stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention transforms the potential harm of sugar bait pesticides to bees into a beneficial repellent effect. The soaked ants create a substance that maintains pest control productivity while simultaneously protecting bee colony stability by deterring bees from consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If bees are protected from consuming sugar bait pesticides, then bee safety is improved, but pest control effectiveness may deteriorate due to reduced bait availability

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebee safetyVSAvoidpest control effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The ants soaked in sugar water act as an intermediary that enables selective pest control. This mediator substance maintains effectiveness against target pests (ants and mosquitoes) while inherently protecting bees through its natural repellent properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention converts the limitation of reduced bait availability into a benefit by using the repellent properties of ant-soaked sugar water. This creates a self-regulating system where the substance remains effective for pest control while automatically deterring bees, thus maintaining both bee safety and pest control productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentUS20250366476A1Bee repellent and manufacturing method and use thereof

Publication Date: 2025.12.04 NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

AI summary

The present invention provides a bee repellent and manufacturing method and use thereof. The manufacturing method of the bee repellent includes following steps: preparing a mixture solution with a sugar and water in a weight ratio of 1.5:1; adding an effective number of ants into the mixture solution for a soaking time; taking out the ants to obtain a bee repellent. After having the ants soaked therein for a period of time, the bee repellent emits a smell which causes the bees to feel disgusted or generate an avoidance behavior, thereby preventing the bees from accidentally taking the pest controlling bait.