Patent ID: 7666057

Claim:
A device for hygienizing, warming and dehumidifying beehives, for the production of improved organic bee produce, said device being installed in a bee box including an entrance for bees and frames for accommodating bees and bee products, and between said frames, a spacing making available one empty frame for installing said device, wherein said device comprises: a ceramic block inserted in said one empty frame, said ceramic block provided with at least one row containing from 8 to 32 channels, said channels being in the vertical position and where the lower end and the upper end of said channels are opened towards the inner portion of the beehive, said channels being: i) thermally insulated from the rest of said one frame with the aid of wings and ii) traversed by conducting filaments connected to an energy source by a flat wire, whereby the electrical current crossing said filaments makes it possible to attain temperatures inside said channels between 300-350° C. with ensuing warming of the air circulating in the beehive by convection, the warmed air from the upper ends of said channels creating a negative pressure in the lower ends of same, whereby outer colder air is sucked towards the said ceramic channels so as to sustain continuous circulation of air through said channels, with the consequent extermination of microorganisms present in the air as said microorganisms pass through said warmed channels.