BEES FEEDING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A01K53/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device for feeding bees in beehives consists of a flat box with removable lid, partition, separating feeding zone from bees passage to the rack, partition with a slot at the bottom, separating zone of the storage of liquid carbohydrate forage from the feeding zone with arranged therein float, ozone generator and compressor, diffuser, channel-tube for discharge of worked ozone-airy mixture. Ozone generator and compressor are arranged outside the hive. Diffuser is set in the rack between the storage zone of carbohydrate forage and feeding zone and is made in the form of upturned box with a lid, partially covering surface of liquid carbohydrate forage from the side of the storage zone. At the butt end of diffuser there is a branch tube for ozone-airy mixture. Inlet of the channel-tube for discharge of the worked ozone-airy mixture is arranged below the branch pipe level, and outlet - above the level of liquid carbohydrate forage in the rack.

EFFECT: improved digestibility of liquid carbohydrate forage by bees, better decontamination, increased shelf life of liquid carbohydrate forage by elimination of yeast cultures.

3 dwg