TECHNICAL SOLUTION FOR COMBATING VARROA BY MEANS OF HIGH FREQUENCY AND FLOOR SLIDERS

摘要

The Varroa mite can cause a lot of damage and beekeepers are aware of that. With the treatment by formic or oxalic acid methods were found to decimate the Varroa sustainably, but the numerous disadvantages are not to be ignored. Our project involves the development of a uniform system for combating Varroa mites with high frequency. The treatment is carried out by bottom slide, per slide are 2 Piezo tweeters installed, which provide the necessary sound pressure. The floor slides are located under the floor, so the speakers can be placed year-round near the Brutstock, the sound pressure and thus the effect are consistently high. The bees do not have to warm up an additional frame and who are not disturbed in the treatment, this would be problematic especially in winter. The power supply is connected to the central bottom slide and the control unit is attached. Up to 10 slides can be connected in parallel for each control unit and thus 10 sticks can be treated simultaneously. A PIC microcontroller is installed in the device as well as an amplifier circuit, on the outside there is a control element for manual control and a LED for status display. The power supply can either be done via a 12V power supply or via an external battery, which is self-sufficient charged by a corresponding photovoltaic system. If the battery is in a critical state, this is indicated by the status LED or the system is switched off if the battery drops further.