Abstract: A device for scraping debris from a honey super is provided which scrapes debris from the inside surfaces of a honey super and from the recesses at the upper ends of the front and back walls of a honey super.

Abstract: A device for scraping debris from a honey super is provided which scrapes debris from the inside surfaces of a honey super and from the recesses at the upper ends of the front and back walls of a honey super.

Abstract: A tray having a peripheral obstruction (10) surrounding a plateau (20), which can be inserted in the bottom of beehives to trap pests and parasites.

Abstract: A method of stripping leaf cutter bee nest blocks passes several sets of stripping pins through the block in a single pass. Each set of pins has a different length, the lengths differ so that only one set of pins at a time contacts the seal plugs in the nest block tunnels. One set of pins contacts the plugs and breaks them loose before next set contacts the plugs. The pins are spaced so that each pin of a set is not directly adjacent a pin of an immediately preceding or succeeding set. The method increases speed and reduces cocoon crush.

Abstract: A hole in a leafcutter bee nest is stripped by pushing a thin tube into the hole to separate larvae in the hole from the surrounding nest material. An ejector, for example a rod sliding in the tube, is used to eject the separated larvae and cocoons. The method is carried out using an apparatus with foot guides for engaging a nesting block and aligning the tubes with a row of holes in the block, and a sequential drive. The drive first pushes the tubes through the block then drives the rods through the tubes. The tubes and rods are then withdrawn. The foot guide is subsequently lifted out of engagement with the nesting block and the block is indexed one hole forwards for stripping of the next row of holes.