Artificial nest for solitary bees and application method thereof

US12219937B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY · CN
• Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University · CN
• HUZHOU PLANT PROTECTION QUARANTINE AND FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT STATION · CN

Inventors

• Zengrong Zhu · Hangzhou City, CN
• Jin Lv · Shenyang, CN
• Xin Yuan · Kunshan, CN
• Wenwu Zhou · Hangzhou City, CN
• Ping Qian · Hangzhou City, CN
• Wendi Wu · Hangzhou City, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2025
• Expiry date: May 17, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of artificial honeycombs, in particular to an artificial nest for solitary bees and an application method of the artificial nest. The artificial nest comprises a main enclosure tube, hanging rings, a plurality of trapping hollow tubes and tightening mechanisms used for clamping the trapping hollow tubes. The hanging rings are arranged at an outer sidewall of the main enclosure tube. The tightening mechanisms are annularly arranged at an inner sidewall of the main enclosure tube, and the trapping hollow tubes are fixed in a ring of each tightening mechanism in an axis direction of the main enclosure tube. Each tightening mechanism comprises a connecting steel wire and fastening springs. The sidewall of the main enclosure tube is provided with fixing holes for fixing the tightening mechanisms.