Queen cell temperatures

[whiteoakjill]

have removed a capped queen cell from a colony and would like to try and get it to hatch in a jam jar, I think someone mentioned this the other day in a post. I dont have an airing cupboard, what sort of temperature should they be kept at. I dont particularily intend to use the emerging queen it is more of an experiment.

thanks

 

[wbchive]

A bit cruel, ain't it?

 

[darrenperrett]

Hi Whiteoakjill,

I think it`s 35C +/- 1C and about 65% Rh.

Darren.

 

[whiteoakjill]

thanks darren

wbchive what about your dead varroa?

 

[MJBee]

Spot on Darren - My incubator is set at 34C and 70% - last batch was a 100% success

 

[grizzly]

hatch in a jam jar

Hi whiteoakjill

I tried this last year, it was kind of an experiment, i would not recommend it, i just used the only items available to me at the time. I did get one hatch out and she was used.

You could pop it in an Apidea with some bees, that would be more natural.
(If you have one that is).

 

[Eyeman]

Spot on Darren - My incubator is set at 34C and 70% - last batch was a 100% success

Hi MJBee
Have you had much success with QC's which have recenltly been capped?
I recently put a batch in my honey warmer and 2 'fresher' looking ones didn't emerge. I left them 10 days and there was a larvae in each one.

 

[Heather]

As long as capped I have had success-( I use incubator set at 34C ) but be VERY gentle- to ensure no jolting to the queen larvae/pupae so it doesn't detach from the store of royal jelly above it.

 

[MJBee]

Eyeman - Heather beat me to it Last batch was 100% successful.

Cheers Mike