Non-lethal method to permanently remove honey bees from their nest

Abstract

A method for using a bee removal strip to permanently and non-lethally remove honey bees from their nest.

Claims

1) A method to permanently and non-lethally remove honey bees from their nest by placing a bee removal strip at a target position near the honey bees nest.

2) A method to permanently and non-lethally remove honey bees from their nest as in claim 1, wherein the bee removal strip is placed by a user.

3) A method to permanently and non-lethally remove honey bees from their nest as in claim 1, wherein the bees abandon their nest in response to the bee removal strip. Note: for the purpose of this invention, NON-LETHALLY should be understood as the overwhelming majority of the honey bees from the nest surviving the removal process.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The invention may be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which, like reference numerals identify like elements, and in which:

[0020] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a target location for the beehive of the present invention.

[0021] FIG. 2 illustrates the method steps of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates structure 103 which may be a home, miscellaneous buildings, trees, etc, which may include a target location 101 which may be a position under the eaves of the structure 103, or inside a hollow tree which may include a nest of honey bees to be permanently and non-lethally removed.

[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates the steps of the present invention to permanently and non-lethally remove the resident honey bees from the target location 101.

[0024] In step 201, the user may apply a bee removal strip which may be an impregnated strip of absorbent material and may include DICHLORVOS (2.2 Dichloro-Vinyl Dimethyl Phosphate) insect repellent. The bee removal strip may be placed at the target location 101 or near the target location 101. The chemical impregnated in the removal strip is subjected to passive evaporation. The chemical vapors emitted from the strip are repulsive to honey bees, causing the resident honey bees to permanently abandon their nest. The resident honey bees may be referred to as the bees which are inhabiting the nest of bees.

[0025] The resident honey bees may leave the target location 101 in response to the presence of the bee removal strip in step 203.

[0026] While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiment is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed.

[0027] The inventor has been an active beekeeper for the past 25 years, and owns a pest control company licensed by the state of Texas for over 12 years. The inventor has been successfully using the claimed invention in his bee removal business hundreds of times for the past six years, since the idea was conceived, to permanently and non-lethally remove resident honey bees from their nest. It is important to note, the bee removal method depicted in this invention should not be used to remove honey bees from honey supers in bee hives with the intention of extracting honey. The chemical used in the removal strip to repel the bees may contaminate the honey and make it unsuitable for human consumption.