wolflett1
Queen Cell in an Incubator
It takes approximately 8 or 9 days for the worker bees to seal a queen cell. It takes 16 days for a queen to hatch, so maybe in about 7 days I will have a new virgin queen bee. I took a sharp knife and carefully extracted the cell from a frame inside the the hive and transferred it to an incubator. The incubator is programmed for the optimal temperature and humidity to hatch a queen. First time doing this, so lets see what happens. The queen cell looks like a small peanut and is made of wax. Inside the cell is royal jelly and a virgin queen bee larva.
Queen Cell in an Incubator
It takes approximately 8 or 9 days for the worker bees to seal a queen cell. It takes 16 days for a queen to hatch, so maybe in about 7 days I will have a new virgin queen bee. I took a sharp knife and carefully extracted the cell from a frame inside the the hive and transferred it to an incubator. The incubator is programmed for the optimal temperature and humidity to hatch a queen. First time doing this, so lets see what happens. The queen cell looks like a small peanut and is made of wax. Inside the cell is royal jelly and a virgin queen bee larva.