US 12,219,937 B2
Artificial nest for solitary bees and application method thereof
Zengrong Zhu, Hangzhou (CN); Jin Lv, Hangzhou (CN); Xin Yuan, Hangzhou (CN); Wenwu Zhou, Hangzhou (CN); Ping Qian, Hangzhou (CN); and Wendi Wu, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou (CN); HAINAN INSTITUTE OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, Sanya (CN); and HUZHOU PLANT PROTECTION QUARANTINE AND FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT STATION, Hangzhou (CN)
Filed by ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou (CN); HAINAN INSTITUTE OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, Sanya (CN); and HUZHOU PLANT PROTECTION QUARANTINE AND FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT STATION, Huzhou (CN)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,983.
Claims priority of application No. 202111213997.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116999 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An artificial nest for solitary bees, comprising a main enclosure tube (1), hanging rings (2), a plurality of trapping hollow tubes (3), and tightening mechanisms (4) for clamping the trapping hollow tubes (3), wherein the hanging rings (2) are arranged at an outer sidewall of the main enclosure tube (1); the trapping hollow tubes (2) are made of reed tubes, and the trapping hollow tubes (2) are opened at both ends and each are provided with a tube node in the middle; each trapping hollow tube (2) has a length of 20 cm and an inner diameter of 5 mm to 12 mm; the main enclosure tube (1) is made of a white PVC tube, and has a length of 20 cm and a diameter of 11 cm; fifty to eighty trapping hollow tubes (2) are arranged inside the main enclosure tube (1); the tightening mechanisms (4) are annularly arranged at an inner sidewall of the main enclosure tube (1), and the trapping hollow tubes (3) are fixed into a ring of the tightening mechanism (4) in an axis direction of the main enclosure tube (1); each tightening mechanism (4) comprises a connecting wire (41) and fastening springs (42), and the sidewall of the main enclosure tube (1) is provided with fixing holes (11) for fixing the tightening mechanisms (4).