Detection of infestation of bees
OwnerJoel Willard, Dean B. Willardinventors
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for detection of infestation of bees by organisms, such as parasites, particularly mites, in beehives, packages, and cages. The process and detector have a replaceable insert with an upwardly facing adhesive trapping surface with a spaced overlying screen having mesh openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees. The process and apparatus is particularly useful for rapid detection for the presence or absence of infesting organisms both in hives under field conditions and for purposes of certifying packages and cages free from infesting organisms and for evaluating the effectiveness of miticides for killing mites.
Claims30
A process for detection of infestation of bees comprising:
- placing below and open to a confinement means for bees a detector system comprising a paperboard insert having an upwardly facing printed grid and adhesive trapping surface and having a spaced overlying screen having mesh openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees.
A process for field detection of infestation of bees comprising:
- inserting into a beehive below the lowest hive body and above the hive bottom, a detector comprising a detector frame having a front sloping ramp to provide bees access to said hive body and internal grooves for retaining a replaceable insert and an insert having an upwardly facing printed grid and adhesive trapping surface and having a spaced overlying screen having openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees.
A detector for detection of infestation of bees comprising:
- a detector frame sized to fit the opening of a beehive and having a front sloping ramp to provide bees access to a hive body and internal grooves for retaining a replaceable insert;
- a paperboard sheet insert having an upwardly facing printed grid and adhesive trapping surface;
- and a screen in spaced overlying relation to said trapping surface, said screen having openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees.
A process for detection of infestation of bees comprising:
- placing below and open to a confinement means for bees a detector system comprising an insert having an upwardly facing adhesive trapping surface and having a spaced overlying screen having mesh openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees and adding an infesting organism irritant to said confinement means for bees.
A process for field detection of infestation of bees comprising:
- inserting into a beehive below the lowest hive body and above the hive bottom, a detector comprising an insert having an upwardly facing adhesive trapping surface and having a spaced overlying screen having openings sized to permit passage of infesting organisms while preventing passage of bees and adding an infesting organism irritant to said beehive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.