New Bumblebee, what you you rate him?

Just got this little Male Bumblebee PH Ghost. What would you rate this little guy and what is the most you would pay/trade for one of similar quality?

http://i39.tinypic.com/25804qo.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/3525cnn.jpg

Poor little guy is scared!

I wouldn't pay any more then $400 for a bee with shipping and that is pushing it for me, the whole spider x pastel craze has really worn off since I have seen killerbee's for $800 shipped

Seems pretty bright, but the yellows are washed out in that pic. I could not rate or put a price on it without a better pic. How much does he weigh?

Have not weighed the little guy yet, I've got my new scale coming tomorrow from reptile basics. This one should hold out a little better than my Wal-mart food scale I had. He was born in July so I'm assuming around 300-600 grams.

Unless you have giant hands he's likely not 600, probably closer to 300-400. Can you get pics in more natural lighting?

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Originally Posted by jinx667

Unless you have giant hands he's likely not 600, probably closer to 300-400. Can you get pics in more natural lighting?

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Yes I can, I can use a better camera as well. May try to get that done tommorow night after work Saturday afternoon. Thank you for your input! Also, are there any small subtle markers for het ghost that you can see?

I sold some awesome bees this year at 350 males and kept all my females.

When it comes to hets the price will jump quite a bit due to the genetics its holding.

Bees het albino, het axanthic, het what ever will increase price from the normal 300-400 price to in the thousand dollar range.

That's for a 100% het, this one is a possible, so I do not think it would add that much price wise. Bees have been so highly produced, that, as you said, even really sweet ones go for a very reasonable price now.

As for het markers for Hypo, some folks say that the coloring may be different, but it would be hard to tell on a Bee. I have a Lemon Blast that is 100% het Hypo and other than being a good looking Blast, I do not see any het marker.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../KILO_WM21.jpg

My 100% het Hypo Black Pewter has a really blushed out head, but otherwise looks like a Black Pewter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ULIET_WM_1.jpg

When i say Het im insinuating 100%. When i say POS im insinuating 66% or 50%..

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Originally Posted by jinx667

As for het markers for Hypo, some folks say that the coloring may be different, but it would be hard to tell on a Bee.

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In darker morphs it's fairly easy to tell.
This is our black pastel "pos" het ghost breeding a black pastel female.
His dad was a black pastel 100% het ghost so he is a 50% pos het.
We will eventually prove him out I have no doubt.
http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_2004.jpg

I agree that het ghost would be difficult if at all possible to tell on a bee