MULTIFUNCTION BEEHIVE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A01K47/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention may be used for watching the development of the bee community without disturbing the biological process of the bee life according to its natural adaptation, and relates to a beehive comprising a housing with a nest part with triple-layered walls and a bottom part with a process bee entrance, comb frames installed on a lodgement in the nest housing with the main bee entrance, a roof with an underroof piece and ventilation holes, heat insulation. The main and process bee entrances have gradient in the external direction. The external and internal parts of the triple-layered wall of the nest part of the housing are made of wood, for example linden or aspen with an intermediate layer of plastic foam, for example polystyrene foam between them; at the level of the lower comb frame strips, the main bee entrance is located, having the semi-oval form, with a flight board lent so that it can be moved to the process bee entrance, the bottom part is removable and has the form of a box with the process bee entrance on its front side, the bee entrance having a plug with a hole for garbage removal. The lower part of the process bee entrance is made at the box floor level, which also has a triple-layer design and is made of plywood sheets with heat insulation and the lower heating element between them; the heating element may be for example a nickel-chromium wire spiral; the underroof piece being installed on the upper part of the housing with displacement to facilitate access to the comb frames, the external part of the roof projects above the underroof piece.

EFFECT: simpler design, bringing bee life conditions closer to natural ones.

14 cl, 5 dwg, 6 ex