MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICE FOR HEAT TREATMENT IN BEEKEEPING Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A01K47/06 A01K51/00 A01K55/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device relates to agriculture, namely to beekeeping, and is intended for performance of works related to thermal treatment. Multifunctional device for thermal treatment in beekeeping comprises a removable bottom used for keeping bees, with a lower insert replaceable for the period of treatment, comprising a heating element and a temperature sensor; housing used for keeping bees, or replaced during heat treatment. Device includes a housing to accommodate part of the frames, containing components for installation and connection of frame heaters, maintaining temperature, as well as wicks for increasing humidity or treatment with vapours of medicinal substances. Device comprises frame heaters with side guides of air flow management, between which processed frames or vessels are located. Device also includes an upper housing with a unit for controlling the operation of fans, heaters, monitoring and maintaining temperature and humidity, signalling parameters out of ranges, performing processing in the time interval, as well as with installed in it fans and heaters for arrangement of directed air flow and additional heating, which on lower side has a separating grid to prevent ingress of bees into it. Walls of the housings, apart from the lower housing used for keeping bees, have heat insulation on the inner side.

EFFECT: expansion of the arsenal of technical means for works in beekeeping due to the universal complex for thermal treatment.

1 cl, 8 dwg