Queen Cell Incubator Humidity

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.

Queen cell incubator humidity.

I keep the temperature a constant 92 degrees f. I transfer the queen cells on day 14. When the bees cap off the queen cells they have finished feeding them. It s set to run at 35c and 55 humidity.

Keep a moist towel over the cells to keep humidity levels higher. These are my extra cells i did not put directl. Note a sheet of metal is placed over the light bulbs to avoid direct radiant heating of the comb or queen cells placed in the incubator. A sponge and or container of water not shown should be placed in the incubator to maintain the humidity.

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. This is a queen cell incubator. 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.

Temperature control is critical for larvae to develop whilst accurate humidity control is a desirable addition. Sealed flasks can be kept in dry incubators. I then move the cell bars with the capped queen cells to the incubator. Some incubators have a pan of water in them to humidify the atmosphere.

The relative humidity for tissue culture incubators is usually 95 helping to prevent evaporation of culture media. I keep the humidity between 60 and 80 which is hard to do. I also added to 1 1 4 holes on each side down low and one hole in the top for oxygen.