No Locks - Next Steps?

Tornado warnings here in Daytona today. The bottom fell out of the barometer.....

Played match maker like no tomorrow. Just the old proven boys were able to lock up. Younger boys still need some time.... as well as the slow developing females.

Expecting two to ovy soon.... both December/January ovy's last season.

The only females we are pairing up now, are the ones that laid early last season..... like March/early April. These are the only females doing any tail wagging....

Ah, the joys of a small, first time breeder...

I only have two males in rotation. One is the Pastel Clown that's going to have the week off after his attempt last week, and the other is the Enchi Fire YB that actually locked last week. Cleaning tubs tonight, it looks like the EFYB is in shed, so he won't get to visit any ladies this week (which is a bummer because I have a female in shed right now I was going to stick him with). At least I'll get to use his shed for a little motivation next week!

Does anyone ever have any success pairing a male that's in shed? From what I've read, it's only the females that are receptive to being paired up when in shed, while the males shut down until they're done.

I technically have 2.1 that are breedable, but 1.1 are both Bumblebees so that's not happening. My female is going in to shed probably the begining of next week. I didn't think she would be interested during that time...