I'll skip all the background stuff and get right to the point. I bought a female bumblebee on craigslist about 2.5 months ago and it just laid eggs.

I've started building a collection of BPs and the plan was to start breeding in a year or two. Plan B "I have eggs now what do I do".

I know most of the basics stuff and have all the equipment already because I have bred bearded dragons, crested geckos, and tri-colored milks in the past.

The two most important questions I need answered is how long can the eggs last before you put them in the incubator and does the container need holes?

I was away for work for two days and when I came home, I found eggs in her tub. Wednesday morning I did my normal cleaning and water check routine and left the house around 9:30. I returned Friday at 1:00. eggs were in the incubator by 2:00 at 89 degrees.

the eggs where kind of stuck to the newspaper but I was able to separate them gently.

Let me know what you think. Do the eggs look good? They felt kind of juicy when I put them in the egg box.