	US 12,478,046 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 Jan. 10, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/016,962.
Application 19/016,962 is a division of application No. 17/967,983, filed on Oct. 18, 2022, granted, now 12,219,937.
Claims priority of application No. 202111213997.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0176505 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01)

CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01)

9 Claims

5. An application method of an artificial nest for solitary bees, comprising the following steps:

providing the artificial nest, the nest 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);

S1: hanging, by the main enclosure tube (1), the artificial nest on a tall tree or a telephone pole by means of the hanging rings (2), and meanwhile, providing an initial tension to the tightening mechanisms (4) to fasten and clamp the trapping hollow tubes (3) into the tightening mechanisms (4), thereby preventing the trapping hollow tubes (3) from falling off the tree or pole due to the influence of external factors;

S2: enabling an opening of the main enclosure tube (1) to face east, south or southeast and to be 1 to 2 m away from the ground; and

S3: checking the trapping hollow tubes (3), and sampling and dissecting the trapping hollow tubes (3) so as to observe a nesting condition of bee species in the trapping hollow tubes (3).