Vaporizer for Varroa control in “KUUP” hives.

Apizaco Technological Institute.

Kuup is a vaporizer that transforms a natural concentrate into medicinal steam, reduces by 40% the mortality of bees in a sick drawer with mites, designed for organic, urban and traditional beekeepers.

Features and Technical Specifications

• Kuup is an electronic vaporizer designed for the control of varroa in bee boxes.
• It is a compact, lightweight device with easy operation and transportation.
• It has a flexible hose that helps direct the steam to specific places, as well as a set of interchangeable nozzles to regulate the flow of steam, which is activated by a trigger in the hose nozzle.
• It has a long-lasting battery and a red and white lamp system for night work in apiaries.
• It is made of stainless steel with an internal ceramic coating, which prevents it from getting hot on the outside.
• Its 500 ml container guarantees continuous work of up to 4 hours in the field.

Technology and Competitive Advantages

• Vaporizer of medicinal concentrates used to control diseases in hives.
• Increase the volume of honey production in a sick drawer with varroa by 40%
• When applied continuously to the sick drawer, increases the efficiency of a hive by 35%
• Unlike conventional smokers that generate combustion smoke, Kuup is an electronic vaporizer that generates non-toxic steam from organic and medicinal concentrates.
• Its compact and lightweight design allows versatility when handling the device, since it has a strap to transport it and unlike conventional smokers, it does not get hot, it is not required to be filled with combustion material and only one hand is necessary to operate it, which allows greater mobility in the apiary.
• The best time to apply the medicine is at night, since all the bees are in the drawer, the night work system consisting of a red LED lamp that does not hurt the bees and a white LED lamp for greater visibility of the beekeeper.

Technology Applications

VALIDATION APPLICATION 

• • Application of medicinal steam for the control of sick drawers with varroa.

POTENCIAL APPLICATIONS 

• Veterinary use in anesthesia and nebulization chambers in animals.
• Medicinal vapor for use of facial therapies.
• Vaporizer that increases the humidity of the home which helps to eliminate the dry air that irritates and makes the airways of the nose and throat sick.

Intelectual Property

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ECONOMIC RIGHTS OWNER 
Tecnológico Nacional de México, who can provide a license for the society that is built.