Queen Cell Incubator Humidity

Temperature control is critical for larvae to develop whilst accurate humidity control is a desirable addition.

Queen cell incubator humidity.

Sealed flasks can be kept in dry incubators. A sponge and or container of water not shown should be placed in the incubator to maintain the humidity. It is portable making it easy to transport queen cells or frames of brood from the hive indoors for grafting in addition to storing capped queen cells or virgin queens until they are placed in mating. If you use tissue culture plates or dishes the incubator must be humidified to prevent evaporation.

When the bees cap off the queen cells they have finished feeding them. I transfer the queen cells on day 14. I keep the temperature a constant 92 degrees f. Queen bee cell incubators the incubators and accessories in our bee keeping section are specifically designed to provide the conditions necessary for successful queen bee cell incubation.

The relative humidity for tissue culture incubators is usually 95 helping to prevent evaporation of culture media. It s set to run at 35c and 55 humidity. Some incubators have a pan of water in them to humidify the atmosphere. Other incubators have an automatically regulated humidity.

These are my extra cells i did not put directl. The foam tray can be removed and placed in a larger incubator or hot water cupboard overnight. Monitor the temperature and ensure it does not exceed 34 degrees celsius. I then move the cell bars with the capped queen cells to the incubator.

I keep the humidity between 60 and 80 which is hard to do. Keep a moist towel over the cells to keep humidity levels higher. This is a queen cell incubator.