Patent ID: 7757433
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A01K,A01M

Abstract:
1. A Small Hive Beetle control harbourage, comprising: an insecticide treated corrugated cardboard sheet having a plurality of corrugations; a shell around the cardboard sheet to prevent access to the sheet; at least one opening in the shell, the opening having a perimeter and being sized to allow entry to Small Hive Beetles but to prevent entry by bees, and the opening being arranged relative to the cardboard sheet to allow beetles entering the shell to enter the corrugations in the cardboard, wherein the cardboard sheet is positioned within the shell such that an edge of the cardboard sheet is set back from the entire perimeter of the opening a distance to prevent bees from being able to contact the cardboard sheet using smaller body parts of the bees through the perimeter of the opening without having to enter the opening.