A system, method, and apparatus for thermal management of Varroa mite infestations in manmade beehives includes a portable direct current controller that selectively controls power to a heated bottom board that is installed underneath the bottommost brood box of the beehive. The bottom board elevates the temperature within the brood boxes to a constant temperature of approximately 107° F. The bottom board provides an entrance that is movable between a closed condition and an open condition. An adjustable queen excluder is disposed between the uppermost brood box and the honey super box, wherein the queen excluder is moveable between a passage position and an exclusion position preventing passage of the entire honeybee colony between the brood boxes and the honey super boxes. The excluded position prevents leakage of the heat as well as keeps the honey super boxes below the elevated temperature.

The present disclosure provides a novel queen monitoring cage system comprising a housing having a plurality of holes to provide ventilation, at least one egg laying plate, serving as an inner wall of the cage. The egg laying plate includes a plurality of hexagonal cells, and one or more ports to allow materials to be added to the housing. Additional embodiments of the system provides a removable drawer for the insertion and removal of bees, and inserts to prevent escape of bees while egg laying plates are added and removed. Experimental results show that the queen monitoring cage can be used to study queen egg laying behavior under laboratory controlled conditions.

The present disclosure provides a novel queen monitoring cage system comprising a housing having a plurality of holes to provide ventilation, at least one egg laying plate, serving as an inner wall of the cage. The egg laying plate includes a plurality of hexagonal cells, and one or more ports to allow materials to be added to the housing. Additional embodiments of the system provides a removable drawer for the insertion and removal of bees, and inserts to prevent escape of bees while egg laying plates are added and removed. Experimental results show that the queen monitoring cage can be used to study queen egg laying behavior under laboratory controlled conditions.

The present disclosure relates to relates to an apparatus for introducing a queen bee to a new or existing beehive. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a queen bee cage or cradle holder apparatus, which is adapted for holding various sizes and shapes of cages and which suspends the queen bee in her cage securely in an ideal position within the new beehive. The apparatus is designed to easily insert and remove the queen bee cage from the beehive.

The present disclosure relates to relates to an apparatus for introducing a queen bee to a new or existing beehive. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a queen bee cage or cradle holder apparatus, which is adapted for holding various sizes and shapes of cages and which suspends the queen bee in her cage securely in an ideal position within the new beehive. The apparatus is designed to easily insert and remove the queen bee cage from the beehive.

An automatically unfoldable beekeeping apparatus includes: a bottom unit installed in a loading unit of a vehicle; a shelf frame rotatably coupled to an end of the bottom unit; a first link unit configured to connect the bottom unit and the shelf frame to each other, support the shelf frame disposed in a vertical state by being bent into the shelf frame when the shelf frame is folded, and support the shelf frame disposed in a horizontally state by being unfolded to the outside of the shelf frame when the shelf frame is unfolded; and a first driving unit configured to connect the bottom unit and the first link unit to each other and dispose the shelf frame connected to the first link unit in a vertical or horizontal state by rotating the first link unit in one direction or the other direction.

An automatically unfoldable beekeeping apparatus includes: a bottom unit installed in a loading unit of a vehicle; a shelf frame rotatably coupled to an end of the bottom unit; a first link unit configured to connect the bottom unit and the shelf frame to each other, support the shelf frame disposed in a vertical state by being bent into the shelf frame when the shelf frame is folded, and support the shelf frame disposed in a horizontally state by being unfolded to the outside of the shelf frame when the shelf frame is unfolded; and a first driving unit configured to connect the bottom unit and the first link unit to each other and dispose the shelf frame connected to the first link unit in a vertical or horizontal state by rotating the first link unit in one direction or the other direction.

A heater-equipped man-made beehive incorporates a substantially enclosed hive body having a plurality of joined side walls, a floor, and a top. The hive body defines an entrance sufficient for allowing passage of bees into and from the beehive. A heating element is located inside the hive body adjacent the floor, and is adapted to raise an ambient temperature inside the beehive.

A grid ring brood comb frame for cylindrical brood chamber hives has a brood comb frame (20) carrying a comb (6), and the brood comb frame (20) is supplied with connection bodies (40) for connection to a rotating structure. A grid ring (30) is located at least partially around the external shell surface (21) of the brood comb frame (20) carrying the comb (6) and opposite the comb (6). The brood comb frame (20) and the grid ring (30) are connected to each other via connection sections (31), the grid ring (30) is supplied with a first edge (32) extending beyond a longitudinal external plane (S) resting on a side surface (22) of the brood comb frame (20). The connection sections (31) between the brood comb frame (20) and the grid ring (30) are interrupted by one or more bee spaces (34).

A grid ring brood comb frame for cylindrical brood chamber hives has a brood comb frame (20) carrying a comb (6), and the brood comb frame (20) is supplied with connection bodies (40) for connection to a rotating structure. A grid ring (30) is located at least partially around the external shell surface (21) of the brood comb frame (20) carrying the comb (6) and opposite the comb (6). The brood comb frame (20) and the grid ring (30) are connected to each other via connection sections (31), the grid ring (30) is supplied with a first edge (32) extending beyond a longitudinal external plane (S) resting on a side surface (22) of the brood comb frame (20). The connection sections (31) between the brood comb frame (20) and the grid ring (30) are interrupted by one or more bee spaces (34).