摘要 |
<p>A honey bee packaging system comprising a method for rapidly collecting bees from a bee hive while excluding the queen bee and devices for use in the method. A heavier-than-air repellent is blown into the hive through the bottom entrance, and urges the bees upward through the hive, as they are drawn toward light and fresh air, through a size excluder that prevents the queen bee from passing through, and out through a specialized collection lid directly into a collection container. The collection lid has a plurality of screened slits that increase in size from an outer edge toward a central opening that leads into a collection tube. The screened slit design encourages the bees to move toward the central opening and into the container.</p> |