![]() Temperature control was not automatic, but was more sort of ‘hit and hope’. It consisted of a polystyrene box with a 5 V vivarium heat mat. Version 1 … a bit primitive if I’m honest … but it did work (more or less) Queens emerged in it and I successfully transported virgin queens across Scotland (including hotel stops), maintaining them for up to a week before introducing them (also successfully) into hives. ![]() Version 1 was a case of ‘close, but no cigar’. portable and powered by a 5V or 12V supply so it could be used in a car (or from a battery).able to accommodate at least 10 queen cells in Nicot cages.ideally with the temperature controlled to between 34.4 ☌ to 35 ☌ (94-95 ☏).automatic temperature controlled environment maintained at between 33.3 ☌ (92 ☏) and 35.5 ☌ (96 ☏) 7.I discussed some general features of a portable queen cell incubator when I described my first attempt at building one back in July.īroadly the design criteria were as follows: ![]() It also seemed appropriate to balance the article on frames – of general relevance, if not interest – last week with something of very specialist interest … reflecting the wonderful diversity of our hobby. Secondly, only a fraction of that 10% of beekeepers will want to use an incubator for queen emergence or short-term storage 5.Īnd finally, only a fraction of that fraction might need the queen cell incubator to be portable.īut I’m one of them, and I know there are a few others who are regular readers … 6. ![]() Quite how big or small that proportion is I don’t know … perhaps 10%. The fraction of a fraction of a small proportionįirstly, only a small proportion of beekeepers actively 4 rear queens. Unlike the honey warming cabinet, this is something that will be of interest to only a subset of beekeepers. ![]()
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