Please comment on quality of this bee please...

The speckling coming in is probably a sign that he will be browning out early. But he is such a bright yellow (if pics show true color). At any rate love me a bee, and would totally take him, :D

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For $250 you did great on that pick up! It's all personal opinions to be honest he has a few things I count as flaws. But none the less if I picked him up for $250 I would be satisfied!

in a scale of 1-10 ill give it a 10 just because it was 250 dollars!! what auction did you win it on?

I think this snake is a 10/10 and such a great deal. I love the spots, pretty sure it common on bees. Good buy!

I would personally only buy a bee or a killer if I had seen the parent pastel AND spider lines, as I only want a bee/killer that will not brown out and has and will produce babies with exceptionally high white side. This is why it took me three years to find the female spider that I was looking for and why I bought a super clean, high yellow sided Graziani line pastel, and at 5 years old he still hasn't browned out at all. For me to say that I sell "selectively bred" ball pythons, I have to be selective when purchasing breeding stock, right?

That said, I would not breed this snake, but I would have no problems about having him myself. He is gorgeous and at $250 was a steal!

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Originally Posted by AJs Snake House

I was wondering the difference between the bright yellow and the washed out whitish looking ones. Which ones were the ones that browned out more...I jst used the "pastel rule" and looked for minimal dark dorsal flecking... I am a fan of bright yellow and dark black (spots dont matter to me) and minimal speckling!
Thank you everyone! He is gonna be a great addition to my collection!

I have asked for more pictures under different lighting as well just to make sure theres nothing fishy going on.

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I honestly think he's going to brown out a lot. My girl Kali looked a lot like that when I first got her and she's browned out now. She did have a lot more speckling, but she was similarly colored. My washed out whitish one is still looking pretty nice, but she's still small. She seems to like hunger strikes so I haven't been able to put much size on her. I would give yours a 6-7 rating because I think he's going to brown out.

My bees for comparison (high yellow vs. washed out yellow):
Kali when I first got her:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0917.jpg

January:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_4262.jpg

Last weekend:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...1/DSCN0707.jpg

Stella when I got her:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...1/IMG_1843.jpg

January:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_4226.jpg

Last weekend in shed - her speckling is a lot more obvious when she is in shed but she still has a really nice light yellow color to her:
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...1/DSCN0686.jpg

Those are definitely some nice bees. He has been up for auction once before and when I saw him this time, I couldn't resist.
Reptile auctions for ball pythons on FB. Sometimes it hit or miss though, I had a girl try and sell me a nice pastel as a super so as always research the seller. There is another page call FBI for buyer/seller inquiry too.

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I would rate him a 6 :gj:. He is very dark, so I'm sure you will see him brown out as he gets older. I still really like his pattern :gj:.