Unique bumblebee? Or something more?

She can't be an enchi bee unless one of the parents was an enchi spider or an enchi pastel.

It could carry something similar to the Bald gene NERD is working with. Very good looking bee!

What an ugly bee..
I think you should give it to me. I'll take it off your hands ;)

Looks a tad FireFly-ish. Maybe a Fire gene tossed in the parents that wasn't really apparent??

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...1_115135-1.jpg

I looked at the pic first and thought enchi-bee right away. Of course one for the parents would have to be enchi. Or it could be from incubation stress. Either way she is a holdback for sure. Any pics of the parents and siblings from the clutch?

If she is just a bee and maintains that coloring, she is the nicest bee out there. I'd keep her no matter what.

Looks like a desert bumblebee to me. did you buy this from a breeder or produce it yourself?

She was bred by myself from a male pastel and female spider. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary with either of the parents at the time, so I did not expect any other genes.
Unfortunately, both parents are no longer with me anymore, however if needs be I could search through some old pictures? I have ones of the pastel but not really any of the spider.
As for incubation, the clutch was actually overdue and at around 62 days, we cut the eggs and waited almost another week for the babies to exit the egg. I did think about incubation to be a cause, maybe if she was premature I'd imagine the pigment wouldn't have come through, but with her being overdue I'm not sure.

Thanks for everyone's replies so far
Dean

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Originally Posted by dillan2020

Looks like a desert bumblebee to me. did you buy this from a breeder or produce it yourself?

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that was the first thing that popped into my head.
I do hope we're wrong, with the issues desert gened females have. :(

she is drop dead gorgeous :O

I agree with some of the others.. looks like a third gene snuck in there. Could be incubation issues, but I think you would have more issues.