FEEDER FOR BEES Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A01K53/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to agriculture in particular to slop feeding of bees. The proposed feeder for bees comprises hermetic outside storage tank 2, being outside the hive brood chamber, where slop is poured, the slop is taken by bees from the tank 1, installed in the hive brood chamber, clear hoses 2 and 3. The outside storage tank 2 is provided with connecting units 5 and 6, as well as cranes 7 and 8. In the upper part of the outside storage tank 2 there is hermetically closed inlet 9 with a cover 10. The internal tank 1 is equipped with the slop feeding unit 11 and the slop constant level control unit 12, made in the shape of the turned over glass. The slop constant level control unit 12 has a hole 13 in the lower part, and in the higher part there is butt joint 14 for the hose connection 4. The hole 13 is higher than outlet of the slop feeding unit 11. The grid 15 is installed for protection of these units from clogging with any particles from the hive brood chamber. Filling of the outside storage tank is controlled by the filling scale 16.

EFFECT: proposed invention enables to solve the problem of feeding process simplification, to increase of its quality and to decrease of labour coefficient of the slop usage rate control.

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