FlyForABeeGuy

@FlyForABeeGuy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Going from patent and model to STL file ( imgur.com )

So I'm a beekeeper and we have to continuously adapt our tools to change and predators. For the fight against asian hornets, the 3D community has been really helpfull and most of the stuff can be printed at home with a small 3D printer....

FlyForABeeGuy OP ,

Hi all! Thanks for all the replies ! I played a little bit with Tinkercad and we're close enough. The only part needing perfection is the little lock (le opening piece needs manual help to open), but that's the same thing for the original one. An other solution is indeed passing through a chinese marketplace if the wait is not long enough and the CO2 impact is not important for you. The printer was a little difficult to have it printed, and I had to print it on the side.

I've uploaded it on Thingiverse : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6557850

FlyForABeeGuy OP ,

Took me a little more (the bottom of the cells are difficlt to draw and there aren't a lot of files with the right bottom), but at least now I'm not scared to solve some stupid issues that always frustrate me by drawing and printing easy solutions!

FlyForABeeGuy OP ,

No existing model, but it wasn't that hard to replicate at the end

FlyForABeeGuy OP ,

Hey! I managed to draw a little bit and to solve the cage and cover. The only issue is with the little hinge, but nothing impossible to solve. If you want to, you can always correct my messy stuff if you see improvements ! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6557850

FlyForABeeGuy OP ,

Hey! You are both right! Queen and bee cages are made of plastic or sometimes wood and metal mesh. But having protective cells can be useful. If you add a queen-cell in a colony a few days before birth, that queen will almost always be accepted. In case of mated queens, their pheromones are strong enough that they will be often (but less probable depending of the season and presence of young larvae) accepted. Usually we put mated queens in a cage with some sugar so that the bees eat trough it, giving time to the queen to disperse her pheromones. Virgin queens however have the lowest acceptance rate, and it is sometimes better to re-encage them in a (now plastic) cell with a wax cover so that she will be born again. For the foundations, it is a little more difficult than just pressing at the moment, but the size of most of frame-standards would impose the use of huge machines. But it would be less human-energy consuming than the actual method

FlyForABeeGuy ,

Look at that guy lasting 3 minutes!

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