Well it's day 62, and the first hatchling has poked it's way out of the egg! A gorgeous lesser, from a lesser bee x normal pairing.
Long wait, but not unexpected with the situation and incubator I had (I was expecting somewhere between 60 and 70 days, so this was about on the money). There's a bead of goo on on of the eggs in the container with the pipper, but otherwise no little noses, so I was thinking cutting those eggs would be safe. Since my incubator was so small I had to split the clutch up into 2 containers, with 4 up top and 3 on the bottom (there were 4, but one went bad and had to be removed pretty early on). Should I wait for a pip in the bottom container before cutting? Also, since the bins are so small, should I put the pippers in a different container to hatch out? I would use a 6 qt shoebox bin, but I would have to give it some other kind of heat since anything besides the tubs they're in just won't fit in the tiny incubator.
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