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Question about spiders

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  • 10-22-2008, 01:56 PM
    ajeff
    Question about spiders
    I was sitting here reading the two polls and wondered how spiders turned in to bees, well most crosses anyway.

    A regular spider called spider by Kevin I believe because the animal had a thin black pattern, kind of spider-webbed, so the animals where called spiders. Now, once a spider gets crossed into say a lesser, a spider becomes a bee, well, a Lesser Bee. Same way with most of the other crosses out there with spiders in them, aside from say a spinner which is a pin crossed with a spider.

    So, I am wondering, how a spider becomes a bee? In other words why was the name -bee coined to most spider crosses? Besides the fact that lesser-bee is easier to say "lesser platinum spider"
  • 10-22-2008, 02:01 PM
    Spaniard
    Re: Question about spiders
    Probably has to do with the fact that Pastel x Spider was one of the first combos produced. The yellow and black is remeniscant to the coloration of a bumle bee, hence the name Bumble bees. After more combos were produced with the spider gene they kept the bee portion of the name. Lesser Bee; Mojave Bee etc.
  • 10-22-2008, 03:29 PM
    Gloryhound
    Re: Question about spiders
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ajeff View Post
    I was sitting here reading the two polls and wondered how spiders turned in to bees, well most crosses anyway.

    A regular spider called spider by Kevin I believe because the animal had a thin black pattern, kind of spider-webbed, so the animals where called spiders. Now, once a spider gets crossed into say a lesser, a spider becomes a bee, well, a Lesser Bee. Same way with most of the other crosses out there with spiders in them, aside from say a spinner which is a pin crossed with a spider.

    So, I am wondering, how a spider becomes a bee? In other words why was the name -bee coined to most spider crosses? Besides the fact that lesser-bee is easier to say "lesser platinum spider"

    Well which one sounds better in the marketing world

    Pastel Spider or Bumble Bee
    Lesser Spider or Lesser Bee
    Super Pastel Spider or Killer bee
    Pewter spider or Pewter bee
    Cinnimon spider or Cinna Bee
    Pinstripe Spider or Spinner
    Pastel Pinstripe Spider or Spinner Blast
    ....

    It is all marketing! :gj:
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