INTEGRATED BEE VENOM COLLECTOR

Author: ZLATKO PUŠKADIJA

Faculty: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek

Country: Croatia

e-mail: zlatko.puskadija@fazos.hr

web: http://www.unios.hr/

The bee venom collector that we can currently find on the market due to their construction and technical solutions are very impractical for use in field conditions and require a lot of additional work, which is why beekeepers give up this production very quickly. The innovation of our integrated bee venom collector compared to models that can be found on the market basically consists in the fact that our venom collector has integrated all the necessary parts for independent placement on the hive and autonomous operation during collection (power source, electronics and collector).

Bee venom is a product of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) worker bees, which fetches a very high price on the market, and with a sufficient number of bee colonies on apiary and a better organization of production, it can be an additional source of income for the beekeeper. The bee venom collectors that we can currently find on the market due to their construction and technical solutions are very impractical for use in field conditions and require a lot of additional work, which is why beekeepers give up this production very quickly.

The bee venom collectors that can currently be found on the market consist of wire stripper that is connected by wires to electronics that control the strength of the electricity as well as the duration of the interval under voltage, which is connected to an accumulator battery as a source of electricity. Installing everything described in a system that will produce bee venom in practice requires a lot of time, adaptation of the hives and is often difficult to apply due to the configuration of the terrain or the layout of the hives in the apiary. The innovation of our integrated bee venom collector compared to models that can be found on the market basically consists in the fact that our venom collector has integrated all the necessary parts for independent placement on the hive and autonomous operation during collection (power source, electronics and collector ).