When I was queen breeding we use to pack queen cells in what we call an esky (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esky ) that was filled with pre heated sawdust (35 degrees centigrade or 95 degrees Fahrenheit) .  Our esky was made of polystyrene foam and was called a 6 pack esky because you could put 6 stubbies (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle ) in it.  We could put just over 200 cells in it.  The cells were 10 days old when packed.  

This method was also used to ship queen cells to beekeepers.  We put them on planes, as long as they went in the pressurised cargo hold, and on buses.  Some bus trips were 24 hours.

Norm Rice, who was a pioneering queen breeder here in Australia, used Pete's method of just putting cells in an esky without any packing.  Just paper on the bottom.

Trevor Weatherhead
Australia

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