HIVE-MOUNTED DEVICE FOR COLLECTING BEE POISON Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: apiculture. SUBSTANCE: poison collector formed as a box is attached to bee- entrance in its operating position. Inlet opening of poison collector is disposed opposite to bee-entrance in the lower part of box. Poison collector outlet opening is in the upper part of box. Inlet opening of poison collector is covered by bee remover. Side walls of box are provided with electrodes formed as current-conductive net, with adjacent pairs of electrodes being electrically connected to opposite-pole terminals of generator. Bee poison collecting plates are arranged between electrodes and box walls in such a way that bee sting penetrating through wall reaches plate surface. EFFECT: provision for obtaining pure bee poison and reduced labor consumption. 4 dwg