AUTOMATIC BEE SEPARATION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC A01K55/00 A01K57/00 A01K59/00 

FIELD: beekeeping.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to an automatic bee separation device capable of automatic extraction of a frame from a bee hive, simultaneously separating bees, and, when the bee separation is completed, insertion of a frame to a bee hive. The automatic bee separation device contains a support node including main parts of the frame, mounted around the bee hive or on it, and guides located on main parts of the frame. The device includes movable nodes mounted with the possibility of movement along guides, and an insertion node mounted on movable nodes and made with the possibility of extraction of frames being in the bee hive outside of the bee hive and insertion of extracted frames to the bee hive. The device also contains a bee separation node made with the possibility of sweep and removal of bees being on the frame surface, when the frame is extracted from the bee hive or the extracted frame is inserted to the bee hive by the insertion node, and a control unit made with the possibility of control of the operation of the movable node, the insertion node and the bee separation node for automatic separation of bees from a set of frames.

EFFECT: invention provides for reduction in labor costs and increase in speed and performance.

7 cl, 11 dwg