JPH0537064U - Bee artificial nest - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is an object of the present invention to provide a nest with a high colonization rate and a high egg laying rate for artificial nests of bees. [Structure] A paper material having a plurality of hollow cells and laminated with a plurality of layers and subjected to a wax treatment is used as a nest material, and the nest material is arranged in a nest box.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an artificial nest of a bee, and more particularly to an artificial nest made by using a paper body having hollow cells as nest material.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As is well known, in fruit cultivation, artificial pollination is performed during the flowering period to enhance the fruiting effect. As a method of artificial pollination, bees are used, and in particular, bee wasps are often used for pollination of apples.

By the way, the above-mentioned bee is originally unisexual in the wild and overwinters in adulthood, performs adult activity in April to late May, lays eggs in a cylindrical shape, and becomes an adult in June to July. It is known that there are pupae in the month to mid-August, and adults in the cocoon from late August to late April. As a method of aquaculture using the bee for pollination of fruits, the stems of reeds, which live near the water, are used as nesting materials because of the habit of the bees laying eggs in a tubular shape during adult activity. It was being appreciated. However, the above-mentioned reeds have become difficult to obtain due to land reclamation of lakes, revetment construction, etc. Since it is laborious to cut the reeds to a specified size, it has been long awaited to replace them. Therefore, instead of the reed 萱, there has been proposed a nest material in which a paper tube or a paper straw having a diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the reed 萱 are bundled as a nest material. However, the paper tubes and straws require a special technique to process them, and not only do they inevitably increase the cost, but they also have an artificial feeling compared to those of reeds, and the egg-laying rate and fixing rate of the bees are large. There is a drawback that is bad.

The applicant of the present application has devised an artificial nest using a paper roll core or the like having a hollow cell made of paper as a nest material in place of the reeds, paper tubes and straws, and discloses a Japanese Patent Application No. 62-156716. Filed with the issue.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the artificial nest developed by the applicant was evaluated to some extent in terms of cost reduction and usability, but in terms of bee spawning rate and colonization, natural reeds were used as nest material. I couldn't get it. Therefore, the applicant has conducted various studies based on the ecology and habits of bees in order to solve the above-mentioned difficulties, and in addition to low cost and ease of use, bee spawning rates and colonization rates are also artificial nests using natural reeds. I was able to obtain an artificial nest that would not get caught.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The artificial nest of bee wasps of the present invention is made by stacking a plurality of paper bodies having hollow cells and subjecting them to wax treatment, and disposing the material in a nest box.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the artificial nest of the bee of the above-mentioned configuration, the bees form a plurality of solitary cells by the partition walls in the hollow cells constituting the nest material during the active period of the bee, and the eggs are laid therein.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention with a part of a nest box omitted, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view with a part of the nest material omitted, in which reference numeral 10 indicates an open front portion and a roof plate 11 is roofed. A bird-preventing net 12 is stretched on the open end surface of the nest box 10.

A plurality of roll-shaped paper cores 14 each having a non-decolorizing sheet made of wood pulp or the like as a base material in the nest box 10 and alternately bent in a loop shape to form cells 13, 13 ... The nest material 15 is arranged. Each nest material 15 is a stack of roll-shaped paper cores 14 and can be obtained by the following method. That is, the roll-shaped paper core 14 is cut to a width of 6 centimeters and a maximum depth of about 15 centimeters, and these are adhered at a plurality of positions in the depth direction so that a large number of cells 13 and 13 are continuously arranged, and a height of 8 is obtained. The layers are stacked on the order of centimeters (six layers in this embodiment). At this time, one side of the open end surface, that is, the portion facing the entrance when the nest material is placed in the nest box is formed with irregularities, and the other end surface is flush with the closing member 16 made of non-woven fabric. is there. Then, the paper cores 14 laminated as described above are put into a paraffin wax tank melted at 75 to 90 degrees for about 3 to 5 seconds to impregnate the wax. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the wax enters between the cells 13 and the wax adheres to the walls of the cells 13, so that the cross section of the cells 13 becomes round.

The nest material 15 laminated in a plurality of layers and impregnated with wax is partitioned and arranged in the nest box 10 by using vertical and horizontal partition plates 17 and 18, as shown in FIG. In the bird's-eye, the birdhouse 10 made of a water-resistant corrugated cardboard box having a length and width of 26 cm and a depth of 18 cm was arranged in three rows and three columns.

[0012] In the bee artificial nest having the above-mentioned configuration, during the active period of the bee, as shown in Fig. 4, the bee forms a plurality of solitary cells in the cells 13 of the nest material 15 by the partition wall 13a and lays eggs therein. The eggs grow as larvae, pupae, and adults, and the adults generally live in the cell from the end of April to the beginning of May.

Although a plurality of nest members 15 are arranged in the nest box 10 by using the partition plates 17 and 18 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the paper core 14 is arranged in the size of the nest box 10. A single nest material may be stacked and waxed to store a single nest material in a nest box, and a partition plate may be placed on the front surface of the nest nest. Alternatively, the unit nest material may be placed in a small box with front and rear surfaces open. You can stack them to make a birdhouse.

Further, in the above embodiment, the paper roll core was used as the paper body having the hollow cells, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a paper honeycomb core or paper tube may be used. As the wax to be impregnated in the nest material, not only a chemical wax such as paraffin wax but also wood wax, beeswax, etc. may be used.

Further, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and design changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0015]

[Effect of the device]

 In the artificial nest of the present invention, the hollow paper body is laminated and wax-treated as described above is used as the nest material. In the nest material, the gaps between the cells are filled with wax, and Wax is attached to the inside to make the cross-section nearly circular, and the wax treatment prevents expansion and contraction due to changes in the temperature and humidity of the nest material, and it is possible to maintain moderate humidity without overdrying. Similar to the nest box that uses the material, the settlement rate and egg laying rate of bees such as bees are greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view showing a nest material.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an arrangement state of nest materials.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of nest material after spawning.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Artificial nest of bees 11 Roof plate 12 Net 13 Cell 14 Paper roll core 15 Nesting material 16 Closing member 17, 18 Partition plate

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An artificial nest of a bee wasp, which comprises nesting a plurality of paper-made bodies having hollow cells and wax-treating the nests, and placing the nesting material in a nest box. 2. The artificial nest of bees according to claim 1, wherein the nest material is arranged in a partitioned state by vertical and horizontal partition plates arranged in the nest box. 3. The artificial nest of bees according to claim 1, wherein a closing member made of a non-woven fabric is attached to one of the open end faces of the nest material.