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Device and method for controlling a flight opening of a beehive box

US11547095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICRO-SENSYS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Reinhard Jurisch · Erfurt, DE
Peter Peitsch · Erfurt, DE
Jurgen Tautz
Sylvo Jäger · Erfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2019
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01K49/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an arrangement (6) for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1) of a beehive with bees, comprising a closure element (11) for at least partially closing the entrance hole (2). According to the present disclosure, the arrangement (6) comprises at least one identification unit (5) arrangeable or arranged on a queen bee (4), a reading unit (7) for reading out the at least one identification unit (5), wherein the reading unit (7) or at least one antenna unit (8) of the reading unit (7) is arrangeable or arranged at the entrance hole (2), and an actuation unit (12), in particular coupled with the reading unit (7), for actuating the closure element (11). Moreover, the present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1).

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