JP6624624B2 - Honeycomb box heater and honeycomb house provided with the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a honeycomb housing heater and a honeycomb housing provided with the same.

  The beekeeping industry in Japan is flourishing in Gifu Prefecture, but bees are vulnerable to cold, and in winter, almost all areas in Japan, including Gifu Prefecture, are not suitable for beekeeping. Therefore, beekeepers have gone through the winter months by moving bee colonies from relatively cold locals to relatively warm regions (Wakayama, Mie, Kochi, Minamikyushu, Amami Hyoshima, etc.). However, the cost of transportation for relocation, the cost of staying at the destination, and the life apart from family members, etc., are economically and mentally burdensome.

  In addition, beekeeping work in other prefectures requires notification to the local government agency, and it is difficult to coordinate with local beekeepers, which is a high hurdle for new beekeepers.

  On the other hand, as the ecology of bees themselves in winter, they gather in a dome-shaped mass called a bee ball on the surface of the nest spleen, tremble the flight muscles of the bee chest, and generate heat. Keep it to a degree and overcome the cold. However, the extinction of the weak group with a small number of bees is desperate, and it is important to maintain the heat of the bee group in order to pass the winter in a relatively cold local area without moving the bee group. That is, it is difficult to maintain a bee colony without measures against cold weather, and it is almost impossible or insignificant to breed new bees. Therefore, as a measure to prevent the cold in winter, a method of keeping the nest box covered with heat and keeping the nest box covered with heat and a method of putting an electric anchor in the nest box for heating have been proposed (see Non-Patent Document 1).

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  However, the method of keeping the heat by covering the birdhouse with the cover is often not so high and insufficient. The method of putting the electric anchor in the nest box has a problem that the electric anchor may not be stable in the nest box and may hit the spleen, and the usability is poor. Further, there is a problem that bees swarm in large quantities on the warm electric anchor and the electric anchor becomes dirty. In the first place, there is a great concern that directly heating and keeping the inside of the hive will damage the bee ecology.

  As described above, none of the conventional heat-retaining measures can be said to be convenient and effective, and a heat-retaining method that does not damage the living body of the bee has not been deeply studied, and has been brought to the present.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use honeycomb heater and a honeycomb box provided with the heater.

  A heater according to the present invention is a beehive box heater used in a wooden box capable of accommodating a plurality of nest frames, and radiates far-infrared rays from both sides while being held and held by the frame and the frame. A panel heater and a net member are provided, and both sides in the thickness direction of the frame body are open, and the frame body includes an upper beam and a lower beam extending in a horizontal direction, and the upper beam extending in a vertical direction. A pair of right and left vertical bars connecting the lower beam, and can be installed in the box in place of any one of the nest frames, and the mesh member allows the opening of the frame to have the thickness The box body is heated by being covered from both sides in the vertical direction and far-infrared energy radiated from the planar heater is resonantly absorbed by wood constituting the box body.

  Moreover, the beehive box according to the present invention includes a wooden nest frame, a heater, and a wooden box housing the nest frame and the heater, wherein the heater is the beehive box according to claim 1 or 2. Heater, wherein the energy of far-infrared rays radiated from both sides in the thickness direction of the heater is resonantly absorbed by the wood forming the box and the nest frame, thereby heating the box. .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the beehive box heater which concerns on this invention, since it can be installed in a box instead of any nest frame, it is easy to use.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the honeycomb box according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a beehive box heater used in the beehive box of FIG. 1.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a description will be given of a honeycomb box heater and a honeycomb box provided with the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a beehive 1 according to the present embodiment includes a nest frame 2, a wooden box 3 capable of removably housing a plurality of nest frames 2, and one of the nest frames 2. The housing 3 includes a heater (a heater for a beehive box) 4 that can be installed in the box 3 and a wooden lid (not shown) that covers an upper opening of the box 3.

  The nest frame 2 in the present embodiment is a wooden Langstroth nest frame, in which a nest base 5 for making bees to make a nest spleen is stretched. Each nest frame 2 has an upper beam 21 and a lower beam 22 extending in the horizontal direction D1, and a pair of right and left vertical beams 23 extending in the vertical direction D2. Is provided with a pair of protrusions 21a protruding toward. A pair of spacers 24 protruding from the nest frame 2 in the thickness direction D3 are provided on both sides in the thickness direction D3 (length direction D3) of the nest frame 2 symmetrically in a plan view.

  The box body 3 is a wooden nest box capable of accommodating a plurality of nest frames 2 arranged in a vertical direction, and a pair of jaw portions 33 (see FIG. 1, only the right jaw 33 is shown). When the nest frame 2 is accommodated in the box 3, the pair of projections 21 a of the nest frame 2 are placed on the jaw portions 33 of the box 3, so that the entire nest frame 2 becomes a pair of jaw portions 33. Suspended and supported. Further, even when a plurality of nest frames 2 are accommodated in the box body 3, a constant gap S is secured between the adjacent nest frames 2 by the spacers 24 protruding in the length direction D3.

  Referring also to FIG. 2, heater 4 includes frame 6, planar heater (heating element) 7 held by frame 6, and mesh member 8 covering an opening of frame 6, The frame 6 is made of wood and has the same shape and size as the nest frame 2 so as to be compatible with the nest frame 2. That is, the frame body 6 has an upper crosspiece 61 and a lower crosspiece 62 extending in the horizontal direction D1, and a pair of right and left vertical crosspieces 63 extending in the vertical direction D2. A pair of protrusions 61a protruding in the direction are provided. A pair of spacers 64 projecting from the frame body 6 in the length direction D3 are provided on both sides in the thickness direction D3 (length direction D3) of the frame body 6 symmetrically in a plan view.

  In the present embodiment, the planar heater 7 is an extremely thin electric panel heater, and emits far-infrared rays when energized, a main body 71, a power supply line 72 extending from the main body 71, and a temperature sensor (not shown). And the main body 71 is housed and held in the frame 6. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the lower part of the planar heater 7 is fixed to the lower rail 62 by the adhesive tape 9. The mesh member 8 covers the opening of the frame 6 from both sides in the thickness direction D3, and a plurality of screws 10 (only some screws 10 are shown in FIG. 2) at both end surfaces in the thickness direction D3 of the frame 6. ). As a result, the planar heater 7 (main body portion 71) is housed in the internal space defined by the frame 6 and the net member 8, thereby preventing the bees from entering the internal space. In the thickness direction D3, the thickness of the planar heater 7 (the main body 71) is smaller than the thickness of the frame 6, that is, the depth of the internal space, and the mesh member stretched over the frame 6 A predetermined gap is formed between the sheet member 8 and the main body 71 of the sheet heater 7 so that the mesh member 8 does not contact the main body 71 of the sheet heater 7.

  In order to install the heater 4 configured as described above on the box 3, similarly to the case of the nest frame 2, the pair of protrusions 61 a is mounted on the jaw 33 and the entire heater 4 is suspended on the jaw 33. You can do it. Thereafter, when the power supply line 72 is connected to a commercial power supply, far infrared rays are emitted from the heater 4. As a result, the far-infrared energy is resonated and absorbed by the wood (ie, the wooden nest frame 2 and the box body 3) constituting the honeycomb box 1, and the entire honeycomb box 1 is warmed. (24 ° to 29 °). In addition, far-infrared rays cause a resonance action in the bee's living body itself, and heat the bee from the inside. Therefore, the bee ball becomes unnecessary, and the bees are activated. That is, since the body of the bee is warmed from the inside by the far-infrared rays, it is not necessary to raise the internal temperature of the beehive 1 to 32 ° C. to 35 ° C., and the bees do not gather on the heater 4 for heat. Therefore, the output of the heater 4 is sufficient as long as resonance heating by far infrared rays can be achieved in the beehive 1.

  As described above, since the heater 4 can be installed in the box body 3 in the same manner as the nest frame 2 instead of the nest frame 2, the attachment work and the removal work are easy and the usability is good. Further, it can be operated with a household power source, running cost is easy, and it is easy to carry. Further, since the heater 4 is suspended and held by the jaw 33, the heater 4 does not rattle in the box 3. Since the heater 4 is provided with the same spacer 64 as that of the nest frame 2, the distance between the heater 4 and the nest frame 2 does not become too short and does not block the action path of the bees.

  Further, since the sheet heater 7 is covered with the mesh member 8, the bees do not collect on the surface of the sheet heater 7, and the sheet heater 7 is damaged by the bees or the sheet heaters are secreted by the bees. 7 does not get dirty. Further, since a gap is provided between the planar heater 7 (the main body 71) and the mesh member 8, the bees do not touch the planar heater 7 through the mesh of the mesh member 8.

  Since the planar heater 7 emits far-infrared rays from both sides, the heater 4 can be used regardless of the front and back, and the inside of the box 3 can be uniformly heated. The main body 71 of the planar heater 7 is preferably as wide as possible, so that the entire inside of the box 3 can be heated without bias. Further, the frame 6 of the heater 4 may be replaced with the nest frame 2 as long as it can be installed in the box body 3. For example, the heater 4 can be manufactured using a commercially available nest frame 2 as the frame 6.

  Note that, as a countermeasure against dew condensation in the honeycomb box 1, the entire honeycomb box 1 may be covered with cardboard (preferably, cardboard made of polypropylene).

  Here, the growth of bees will be described. Bees lay eggs from spring to late autumn. Bees evolve 21 days after their eggs are born, and become adults (adults) 21 days after the emergence, making it possible to collect honey. Therefore, when the bees that hatch from eggs laid in the spring (from late March to early April) become adults that can be harvested, the time of full bloom of rapeseed and cherry blossoms has passed. And the opportunity for honey is lost. Therefore, it is preferable that a sufficient number of bees be prepared by the end of March when the honey source plants begin to bloom, but for this purpose, usually from mid-February to late February, which is earlier than the spawning season (more specifically, Specifically, it is necessary to promote the spawning (up to the spawning time) 42 days before the flowering time of the flower.

  Therefore, the present applicant conducted the following experiment using the heater 4 according to the present embodiment. In this experiment, a far-infrared radiation type heater “Patari Sekisen Plus 3” (size: 420 mm × 220 mm, power: 15 W equivalent) manufactured by Sunrise Industries, Ltd. was used as the planar heater 7, and the wire member 8 had a wire diameter. A 0.55 mm, 8 mesh, 2.63 mm mesh zinc-plated iron wire plain-woven wire mesh (manufactured by Amitada Wire Mesh) was used.

  On February 8, heater 4 was installed in the beehive. The internal temperature (initial temperature) of the honeycomb box was 13 °, and the internal temperature of the honeycomb box after 45 minutes was 24.5 °. On February 11, spawning was confirmed. Further, on February 15, a heater 4 was installed in each of the other 11 beehive boxes, and when the inside of the box was observed on March 31, full larvae were found in the four nest frames without larvae initially. It was confirmed that the number of adult bees in the bee group had doubled. In addition, it was confirmed that bee waste was deposited on the bottom of the box. The accumulation of waste products is a proof that bee metabolism was promoted, which means that the bees were dismantled and the bees were activated.

  As described above, if the beehive box heater 4 of the present embodiment is used, the beekeeping cost can be greatly reduced because the winter season is facilitated without land transfer, and new entry of beekeepers and domestic beekeepers becomes easy. In addition, since the breeding season of honey can be controlled using the beehive box heater 4, it is possible to fly the bee population that has been activated promptly at the time of flowering of the honey source plant in the early spring, and to match the flowering time of various honey source plants. Efficient honey extraction is possible.

  Moreover, since the beehive box heater 4 of this embodiment can be installed vertically on the box 3 instead of the nest frame 2, unlike the case where the heater is installed horizontally on the bottom surface of the box 3, depending on the waste of bees, The contamination of the heater 4 can be prevented.

  As described above, the honeycomb heater and the honeycomb box according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Deformation and modification are possible.

1 Honeycomb box 2 Honeycomb frame 3 Box 4 Heater (Heater for Honeycomb box)
5 Frame 6 Frame 7 Planar heater (heating element)
8 Net members

Claims (2)

A beehive box heater used in a wooden box capable of accommodating a plurality of nest frames,
A frame, a panel heater housed and held in the frame and emitting far-infrared rays from both surfaces, and a mesh member,
Both sides in the thickness direction of the frame body are open, and the frame body includes a pair of left and right vertical rails extending in the horizontal direction and connecting the upper rail and the lower rail extending vertically. A bar, and can be installed in the box in place of any nest frame,
The mesh member is fixed to both end surfaces in the thickness direction of the frame, and covers the opening of the frame from both sides in the thickness direction,
A gap is provided between the mesh member and the panel heater,
A honeycomb box heater that heats the inside of the box by absorbing and absorbing the far-infrared energy emitted from the panel heater by the wood constituting the box. A wooden nest frame on which a nest base for allowing a bee to make a nest spleen , a heater, and a wooden box housing the nest frame and the heater,
The said heater is the heater for the honeycomb box of Claim 1, Comprising:
A beehive box that heats the inside of the box by far-infrared energy radiated from both sides in the thickness direction of the heater being resonantly absorbed by the wood forming the box and the nest frame.

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