First clutch ever coming out! :D Great odds!

Finally! :D It's day 51 now, and I decided to cut my eggs since my friend that would help me out couldn't stay much longer.

Here is the video: http://youtu.be/LTFMAj3p9BU

From this lesser x bumblebee clutch I wanted a lesserbee and a Queenbee, or one of those, but the god of odds seems to be in my favor, I think I might have gotten one of each, just like I wanted!
Six healthy eggs, some of the babies had their belly up, so I don't have any good pics on them, but these two made me very happy:

I think this is a Queenbee: (couldn't see the head, could be a bumblebee?)

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q.../1Queenbee.jpg


What I think is a lesserbee:

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...1Lesserbee.jpg



Father and mother:

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...w/IMG_8861.jpg

The dad looks like he might have granite in him, I look forward to see his babies come out from the eggs! He is from an african female x BEL mojave lesser male. More pics of the babies will come later, but it might take a few days or so! :)

Very nice congrats.

Day 51 is a bit earlier than we normally use for cutting.

Colour is the last thing to develop so, depending on inc temps, they may change a bit.

Remember to take care of the eggs now they are cut as well. :)

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Originally Posted by dr del

Day 51 is a bit earlier than we normally use for cutting.

Colour is the last thing to develop so, depending on inc temps, they may change a bit.

Remember to take care of the eggs now they are cut as well. :)

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Yes I know, but I just checked and saw the head of the one I think is a Queenbee, and it has the pale head, so of that one I'm sure.
They don't have their 'true' colors until their first shed, but the pattern can tell you what they are before the colors come in completely, if you know what to look for, like the pale head of a Queen.

And yeah, it was a few days earlier then I had planed, because my friend that was here couldn't stay much longer, and I didn't want to be alone.
After reading about a lot of breeders that cut in between day 48-55 without issues I decided to go for it.
I'm keeping an extra eye on the eggs, one of the risk of cutting early is loosing too much moisture in the egg, but since my eggs were very full then I don't think that will be an issue. Still keeping a close eye on them though. They are my first clutch and they are precious to me, I love each and every one of them so much :)