Patent ID: 11957113
Assignee: BEEWISE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. An automatic beehive with a plurality of bee frames for separating a bee frame from the plurality of bee frames during an inspection comprising:
at least one hive chamber with the plurality of bee frames releasably mounted within;
a monitoring and operating chamber comprising at least one sensor;
at least one bee-barrier mounted between said at least one hive chamber and said monitoring and operating chamber; and
an arrangement for separately removing each of said bee frames from the at least one hive chamber and separately delivering a bee frame to the monitoring and operating chamber, via one of the bee-barrier and for separately returning the delivered bee frame of said plurality of bee frames into said hive chamber from the monitoring and operating chamber after an inspection of the delivered bee frame by the at least one sensor in the monitoring and operating chamber;
wherein the at least one bee-barrier is adapted to prevent bees from exiting the at least one hive chamber when one of the plurality of bee frames passes therethrough from the at least one hive chamber into the aid monitoring and operating chamber, said bee-barrier including at least one of:
a heater configured for thermally repelling bees from said bee frame,
a brush,
a blade,
a comb,
a scrubber, and
any combination thereof.