Fecha de publicación: 04/08/2016 Fuente: WIPO "beekeeper" A beekeeping device is suitable for comprehensively managing the whole swarming process of honey bees, for detecting swarming and capturing swarms, further dividing the parent colony after swarming, and also for preventing further swarming. The device is made of metal, wood, plastic or their combination, can be mounted on a hive and easily detached from it. The device includes at least one queen trap and at least one moving gate, and worker bees can constantly pass through the entrances of the device, but at the moment of swarming, the queen cannot leave the device. The device includes at least one integrated sensor that can detect the swarming- specific accumulation of bees on and about the queen trap, or the presence of the formerly marked queen in the device. The device includes also a control unit that is connected to the sensor and will put the moving gate into operation. The device will open the dividing tunnel integrated in the device and closing during swarming that will guide the bees after swarming to the outlet of the dividing tunnel placed at a considerable distance from the entrances; by modifying the geometry of the outlet of the dividing channel, the bees enter the device from the hive, which instinctively orient them towards the outlet of the dividing channel after swarming.