MICRO-BEEYARD OF PETROV Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A01K47/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to beekeeping, in particular to equipment for keeping bees. Micro-beeyard consists of a housing inside which there are four division walls forming rectangular lower parts of hives. The outer walls of the housing of the base can be made double-layer with an intermediate heat insulator. In the center of the housing a central cavity with closing lid is formed. Each of the lower parts of the hives contains two bee-entrances, and a removable floor with a hole and a shutter is mounted. The upper parts of the hives are magazine racks closing by the roofs with ventilation opening. The magazine racks are located relative to each other with gaps, and honeycombs in them are parallel to the honeycombs in the lower part of the hive. There are more magazine racks in the lower part of the hives than in the upper part. The lower parts of the hives, which are not closed by magazine racks, are equipped with the intermediate lids. A thin-walled sub-lid rectangular in cross-section can be mounted on the base housing with the possibility of mounting honeycombs. The sub-lid with honeycombs can be covered with a common roof with ventilation slits.

EFFECT: improved micro-climate and increased level of survival of bee colonies during winter, as well as the ability to manage resources of brood nests and colonies.

10 cl, 4 dwg