Beetle Prevention Question

neoflex · 02-14-2010, 05:34 PM

Friend of mine just had an outbreak in his humidor and they keep their house frigid this time a year. I'm talking 67-68. Only thing in his humi was a box of Brazilias that he just recently picked up from JRs so I am wondering if the problem stemmed when in their possession.
I myself don't freeze but I do keep new sticks in quarantine for a few weeks before introducing them to my cabinet. Actually these days my quarantine humi has become my overflow/quarantine humi. May be seasoning an out of service humi soon to pick up the slack. Freezing my sticks just makes me nervous. I fear screwing it up and cracking wrappers, drying smokes out beyond repair etc. I do try and inspect at least once a month at a minimum. I also try and stock up in the winter months and usually lay low on purchases, especially online purchases in the warmer months just to avoid smokes being in transit in the high heat months.

hotreds · 02-14-2010, 06:54 PM

Dayum! What was the humidity in there? Seems very odd that they would hatch at that temperature unless quite humid.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Cigars-21...o-beetle-1.htm

OK- have been reading up on this-

hi humidity= mold
hi temp= beetles.

02-14-2010, 07:52 PM

Based on the study done by the Japanese Centre for Applied Entomology and Zoology the tobacco beetle eggs will experience an 80% Hatch rate at 68degrees but all eggs will die withing 6 weeks at 62.5 degrees.

The study is somewhat interesting and what I used to base my freezing process around.

The archive of the article can be found here

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aez/41/1/87/_pdf

02-14-2010, 05:34 PM	#1
neoflex I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: John Location: Monroe, NC Posts: 2,765 Trading: (32)	Re: Beetle Prevention Question Friend of mine just had an outbreak in his humidor and they keep their house frigid this time a year. I'm talking 67-68. Only thing in his humi was a box of Brazilias that he just recently picked up from JRs so I am wondering if the problem stemmed when in their possession. I myself don't freeze but I do keep new sticks in quarantine for a few weeks before introducing them to my cabinet. Actually these days my quarantine humi has become my overflow/quarantine humi. May be seasoning an out of service humi soon to pick up the slack. Freezing my sticks just makes me nervous. I fear screwing it up and cracking wrappers, drying smokes out beyond repair etc. I do try and inspect at least once a month at a minimum. I also try and stock up in the winter months and usually lay low on purchases, especially online purchases in the warmer months just to avoid smokes being in transit in the high heat months. __________________

02-14-2010, 06:54 PM	#2
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,672 Trading: (63)	Re: Beetle Prevention Question Dayum! What was the humidity in there? Seems very odd that they would hatch at that temperature unless quite humid. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Cigars-21...o-beetle-1.htm OK- have been reading up on this- hi humidity= mold hi temp= beetles. __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know. Last edited by hotreds; 02-14-2010 at 07:08 PM.

02-14-2010, 07:52 PM	#3
SilverFox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Beetle Prevention Question Based on the study done by the Japanese Centre for Applied Entomology and Zoology the tobacco beetle eggs will experience an 80% Hatch rate at 68degrees but all eggs will die withing 6 weeks at 62.5 degrees. The study is somewhat interesting and what I used to base my freezing process around. The archive of the article can be found here http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aez/41/1/87/_pdf