BEE FEEDER WITH AUTOMATIC PRESSURE CONTROL

Fecha de publicación: 21/07/2011
Fuente: WIPO "beekeeper"
The subject of the invention is a bee feeder with automatic pressure control making possible, that in case of numerous hives, the feeding tray, placed in the escape space of the hive for the bees' feeding and watering can be refilled with sugar syrup in the required quantity in an easy and quick way without opening the lid of the hive. The bee feeder according to the invention consists of a container, ducts, feed head with pressure control, pump, filter, timer switch, pressure indicator and closing valves, and the duct of said bee feeder is connected to the hives. The solution is characterized by that, a pump (9) is connected to the main duct (5) fixed to the container (4), and a timer switch (11) is connected to the pump (9), a side duct (6), following the pump (9) is fixed to the main duct (5) with the insertion of a T- element (20), and the other end of said side duct (6) is fixed to the container (4), and following the T-element (20) a filter (10) and pressure indicator (12) are fixed into the main duct (5), and on the required spots of the main duct (5) one or more feed head with pressure control (8) is fixed, as well as a capillary tube (7) is fixed to the feed head with pressure control (8), and following the T-element (20) a closing valve (23) is fixed into the main duct (5) and following the T-element (20) an accessible closing valve (24) is fixed into the side duct (6).