beehives robot

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... here we have a pre-development - the search for the simplest and most practicable solution possible!
the requirement: we want to work in our new farms - for example
https://grabcad.com/library/farm-for-pangasius-and-ducks-1
use bees to pollinate crops.
the farms are warm house farms and are operated all year round!

that means that you have to set up beehives so that the bees can live in them. conventional beehives can only be operated manually - too cumbersome!
we are not allowed to enter the new farms - but we have provided autonomous robots that carry out various tasks.

So the idea is - similar to an electronic insert - the beehive to be opened segmented on the outside - and individual honeycombs, after wiping off the beehive, to remove smoke from the beehive - fully automatically - and also to close it to throw out the honey.
the honeycomb can also be removed and reloaded using steam pressure. So to clean the honeycomb, to decontaminate impurities. and to equip with a wax sheet
So here I have put 10 of the usual honeycombs from a standard beehive together in a group - and try to remove the honeycomb from the beehive by means of an area gripper.

this work is only an attempt at first!

step, igs, stl