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    This is part of the plan for the weekend. Just disinfected it from its last use for hatching some chooks. I could stick them in a top box over a Q Ex but I won't learn anything new that way! The rollers inside just now are empty. I'm just fiddling with the temp to get it to 34c from the 37.4c it was for the chooks. Keith Pierce on the Irish beekeepers FB page gave me some helpful advice on temp and humidity as he uses the exact same model of incubator.

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    I think mine is a slightly updated version of that one. Brinsea Octagon 20.
    I reckon it would hold at least 60 queen cells in rollers.

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    Aye Jon mine's the old style Octagon 20. Bloody good incubator. We hatched 16 from 24 chicken eggs in it a couple of months back. The old model can be had on Ebay for a reasonable sum.

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    I got mine new from Omlet for about £125 including carriage off Amazon a couple of weeks ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatshark View Post
    And from the same cell raiser …

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    which is a reminder to check the frame of open brood that accompanies the cell bar frame.
    Yup. I had a "doh" moment when taking my T-1 days to emergence cells out last night. Breaking down the QCs on the brood frame resulted in virgins running amok. Think I squished / captured them all.

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    Lookin' good for the ladies …

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    Been over 22c every day since Sunday in Belfast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by prakel View Post
    Earlier in this thread I mentioned the Swienty version of the mini-plus and queried the frame size. I was recently told by a continental user of those boxes that the top bars are the same length as the Lyson version but the frame depth is six and a quarter inches, so a shade shallower than Lyson's.
    Thornes are now selling these little boxes @£22.50 for floor (with a built in feeder), brood, roof and 6 Hoffman frames. An ashforth type feeder can be purchase separately.
    Last edited by prakel; 07-07-2014 at 03:29 PM.

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