A composite material for production of a beehive for apiculture use, and its manufacturing process. This composite material is made of cork and ligneous material, polymers, and optionally at least one of a fire retardant and UV protector. The percentage of polymer in the composite varies between 10% and 75% and the blend of the granulated cork with the ligneous material between 25% and 90%. The material to be used must have a particle size which permit its use in extrusion and injection production lines, because the molding of the beehives is made through one of these processes. The beehive is composed by stand (A), sidewalls (H), front and rear walls (I), inner cover (E) and outer cover (F), and can be assembled in three different ways: traditional, in ramp and in step.

A composite material for production of a beehive for apiculture use, and its manufacturing process. This composite material is made of cork and ligneous material, polymers, and optionally at least one of a fire retardant and UV protector. The percentage of polymer in the composite varies between 10% and 75% and the blend of the granulated cork with the ligneous material between 25% and 90%. The material to be used must have a particle size which permit its use in extrusion and injection production lines, because the molding of the beehives is made through one of these processes. The beehive is composed by stand (A), sidewalls (H), front and rear walls (I), inner cover (E) and outer cover (F), and can be assembled in three different ways: traditional, in ramp and in step.

This machine is unique in that it is a personal battery powered hive lifting and handling assistant. It will lift a complete honeybee hive, or any portion of a hive the beekeeper wishes. A complete or a portion of a hive can be lifted and moved as the machine is power driven. The machine has a left and right-side windlass for precise hive lifting control. The lifting and lowering speed are steady and predictable, allowing hive components to be separated, sorted, and lowered into place with bee harm kept to a minimum. The machine has an open design so hive inspections can be accomplished from either side where windlass controls are within easy reach. This machine will allow beekeepers outside of their prime physical lifting age or condition to enjoy beekeeping.

A bee nutrition device is configured with a frame positionable between the brood chamber and honey super components of a stacked bee hive. Fondant and/or water or nurturing liquid is positionable within trays located within a recess located with a sidewall of the frame of the device. Access into and out of the recess for bees can be regulated by a translating member having openings therein which can be selectively aligned with the central opening communicating through the bottom surface of the frame.

A bee nutrition device is configured with a frame positionable between the brood chamber and honey super components of a stacked bee hive. Fondant and/or water or nurturing liquid is positionable within trays located within a recess located with a sidewall of the frame of the device. Access into and out of the recess for bees can be regulated by a translating member having openings therein which can be selectively aligned with the central opening communicating through the bottom surface of the frame.

Provided is a beehive frame transport cart (10) comprising a support frame (12) supporting a wheeled reservoir container (14) which defines a honey reservoir (16) with a tap (18) located at a bottom thereof. Also included is a plurality of open-bottomed frame containers (20) each configured sealingly to stack on the reservoir container (14) and/or each other, each frame container (20) defining an internal upper peripheral ledge (22) for receiving ends of beehive frames to suspend a plurality of said frames in a substantially vertical and side-by-side manner within said frame container (20). Cart (10) also includes a plurality of foraminous queen excluder plates (24) each insertable at a bottom of a stacked frame container (20), and a lid (26) configured to seal an upper stacked frame container (20), or to engage with a bottom of a frame container (20) to form a drip tray, as required, wherein a plurality of beehive frames is receivable, transportable and storable within the cart.

The invention relates to a beehive comprising: an interior construction (1) that has an inner cavity (3) designed to be occupied by a bee colony and to accommodate honeycomb built by the colony; a support device (2) in which the interior construction (1) is received; and an insulation device (4) which is received on the support device (2) and has a layered construction. The layered construction comprises: a vapour-control layer (5) which is formed by a vapour-diffusion-inhibiting material and is arranged on the support device (2) so as to surround the interior construction (1); and a insulating layer (6) which is formed by a heat-insulating material and is arranged on the support device (2) so as to surround the vapour-control layer (5). The invention also relates to a method for producing a beehive.

A remote monitoring system and a method of remotely monitoring a feed environment that can sense feed stored within a filled container. The remote monitoring system can be configured to determine a distance between a level sensor and a top feed surface of the feed and to wirelessly send feed level data and, optionally, environmental data, to a communication device of a user.

A beehive for commercial or recreational beekeeping comprises: a plurality of frames and honeycomb frames in a beehive chamber; a mechanism for removing the honeycomb frames from the beehive chamber and inserting the honeycomb frames thereinto; a barrier, planar elements, fluid barrier, or any combination thereof adapted to move the honeycomb frames through while exiting the beehive chamber and to propel bees off the honeycomb frame while making sure the bees remain inside the beehive chamber.

A brood box for a beehive includes a main box having a plurality of sides and a bottom configured to be in a continuous and seamless unibody structure and defining a cavity inside the main box, each of the plurality of sides and the bottom being continuously insulated with one another to thereby insulate and thermally isolate the main box cavity from an environment outside of the brood box. Also included is a transition plate configured to be disposed on top of the main box cavity, and an insulated lid configured to interface with the plurality of sides of the main box and being disposed to cover the main box cavity and the transition plate in certain weather conditions.