US 12,402,608 B2
Beehive with pollen trap
Michaël Van Cutsem, La Hulpe (BE); and Bach Kim Nguyen, Sambreville (BE)
Assigned to BEEODIVERSITY, Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 18/033,323
Filed by BEEODIVERSITY, Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/082416
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106670, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20209302 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389526 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Beehive for a bee species, the bee species comprise pollen collecting bees, the beehive comprising:
a plurality of first openings designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive enter the beehive through these first openings and that the pollen collecting bees lose their pollen, when enter they through the first openings;
a plurality of second openings designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive can enter the beehive through these second openings and that the pollen collecting bees keep their pollen, when they enter through the second openings, wherein the diameter of the second openings is larger than the diameter of the first openings,
wherein the number of second openings is larger than 5% of the total number of openings constituted by the accumulative number of first openings and second openings.