US 12,433,258 B2
System and method for light treatment of pollinating insects
Christophe Philippe Brod, Oslo (NO)
Assigned to Beefutures Holding AS, Oslo (NO)
Appl. No. 18/566,591
Filed by Beefutures Holding AS, Oslo (NO)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NO2022/050125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/255882, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20210708 (NO), filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0251761 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01); A01K 51/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01) [A01K 51/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for light treatment of pollinating insects comprising:
a hive structure comprising a hive compartment box comprising a plurality of frames spaced apart inside the hive compartment box; and
a light unit, wherein the light unit, when turned on, emits light with a predetermined wavelength, wherein the light unit is positioned inside of the hive compartment box, wherein the light unit comprises:
a base member, said base member being attached to a side wall of said hive compartment box between one end of the plurality of frames and said side wall, two vertical columns of light emitting diodes (LEDs), said two vertical columns of LEDs are attached to said base member on a side of the base member facing an inside of the hive compartment box, said two vertical columns of LEDs being spaced apart a predetermined distance corresponding to a distance of at least two adjacent frames, or longer,
wherein the base member comprises an opening located between one frame of the plurality of frames and the inside of the hive compartment box where the base member is fastened, wherein the opening is an open area of the base member adapted for pollinating insects to enter from one side of the one frame to another side of the one frame past the base member.