Abstract: A bee feeder assembly including a tank having a bottom portion with an opening, and a cap removably attached to the opening of the tank. The cap includes a center component with a feeder having a plurality of feeding holes extending therethrough, and a rim extending outward from the center component, the rim having an upper surface and a lower surface. The rim may have a plurality of ridges on the lower surface. The feeder may extend below the lower surface of the rim.

Abstract: An apiary system includes a platform having a top surface on which one or more beehives are secured, the platform having a floatation device incorporated into the platform; one or more anchoring poles inserted into the ground, the one or more anchoring poles engage with the platform such that the platform can rise and lower along an axis of the one or more anchoring poles; the platform rises above rising water via the one or more anchoring poles.

Abstract: A bee feeding apparatus having labyrinthine passages. The apparatus is useful for dispensing water, bee feeding supplements, or treatments to wild or domesticated bees. The circuitous entryway hinders or inhibits other insects such as wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets from entering the innermost regions of the feeder and accessing the bee feeding supplements.

Abstract: The insect water supply system is configured to prevent the insects (such as crickets) from self-contaminating the water supplied to the insects' rearing enclosure. The system is designed so that the insects drink in an inverted (i.e. upside down) and elevated position—consequently the insects' feces fall downward toward the ground and away from their water source—and therefore do not contaminate the insects' water supply.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for feeding bees is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fluid tray member, a sheet, and a regulating valve. The fluid tray member is configured to hold a fluid for feeding the bees. The sheet is detachably attached on the fluid tray member via a magnetic strip. The regulating valve attached to the sheet is configured to maintain the level of the fluid. The regulating valve is attached to the sheet via a fastener. The sheet further comprises an inlet tube, a plurality of cavities, and a handle enable a user to position the apparatus to a desired location. The fluid is received via the inlet tube into the fluid tray member. The sheet provides a flat surface around the cavities to support each of the bees while feeding the fluid.

Abstract: A watering system is configured to supply water to insects without the insects drowning. The watering system has a base portion with a base lip which is attached to all distal edges of a pan. An overflow channel is arranged next to the pan and through the base lip. A flow path is arranged in the base portion and further has a lip with a fluid pathway. A retainer ring is installed into the flow path immediately adjacent to the lip. The retainer ring has a retainer ring fluid pathway. The fluid pathway is aligned with the retainer ring fluid pathway. The pan is attached to raised sections with channels therebetween. Fluid that is inserted through the retainer ring flows through the fills the fluid pathway and the retainer ring fluid pathway, before filling the channels, and then spilling out of the overflow channel.

Abstract: A bee feeder system includes a bee house having multiple stacked levels. One of the levels includes a bee feeder having a frame with a central opening and a feeder pipe extending across the central opening. The feeder pipe has a distal section including spaced feeder holes and a proximal section that extends outside the frame. A bee food container is attached to the proximal section of the feeder pipe. The feeder pipe is rotatable relative to the frame for moving between an on position in which the feed container is above the distal section of the feeder pipe and the feeder holes face toward a bottom major face of the frame and an off position in which the feed container is below the distal section of the feeder pipe and the feeder holes face toward a top major face of the frame.

Abstract: A bee feeder assembly is provided, including a receptacle, a cover member and a ladder arrangement. The ladder arrangement includes at least one ladder member comprising a porous member depending downwardly from the cover member. Methods of assembly and use are described.

Abstract: A feeding container for bees supports frames in a hollow interior and is placed in the interior of a beehive, to both feed bees and divide the interior. The feeding container is parallelepiped in shape with an open top and a capacity to hold a large amount of feed and a plurality of frames, having standard Langstroth dimensions. The feeding container leaves a space of approximately 3 millimeters between its ends and the side walls of a beehive. The container is supported on a floor of the hive by legs formed in the container to provide a separation of about 8 millimeters from the floor to the base of the feeding container base to allow bees to crawl between the divided interior.