Hi everyone,

I was planning on breeding either a pastel or a spider to my pastel females this upcoming winter in the hopes of shooting for a bee or super pastel.

On the other hand, a conversation with Adam got me thinking that it would be worthwhile to just pony up the dough and get a male bumblebee. That way I'll be hitting some way better morphs

First, what do you think about that decision? Yes? No?

Second, I have seen great bees and terrible bees. What do you look for in a baby bee? I know pastels you avoid the orange, but I don't see that same orange in bees. How else do you choose?

Some say choose spider parents with high white sides, but I have seen high white sided bumblebees that are as brown as a spider by two years old.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

JonV