Please comment on quality of this bee please...

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...73174381_o.jpgI just won this little guy on auction for $250.
I would love to hear everyone's opinion on his quality and what everyone thinks of him...:D
In my opinion he is adorable, but I like bees, he is not the cleanest or whitest bee I've seen but I dont think he is horrible quality either, for some reason all the exceptional bees i find and want to buy are females :(.

I will give him a solid 7 out of 10. He is a very nice yellow at the moment but he does have some things I'm not such a big fan of. He seems a bit dirty for how young he is, also he has some dots in his pattern and he's not very high white. But for 250 he's def a cutie! Good luck with him, and if you like him then he is a 10/10.


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I love him. But I dont have a clue how to judge his quality.

I have to disagree with him being dirty.
His dorsal is clean and will be more dynamic as an adult and a high yellow bee to a high white bee is preference more than quality. Much like high white to low white pied.
The specalling on his sides will give some nice definition to where the whites would be.

Personally I'd give this guy a 7-8 as far as clean yellow bees go.

But as high white AND clean,
I'd give him a 5.

And if I had him and was lucky enough to score him for 250,
I'd give him a 10*.

Congrats!

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I think he looks great. Usually on low quality bees the yellow is dull and almost white. This guy is glowing yellow. He is smoking.

I don't have a problem with him ;) I wouldn't have any qualms with having him as my own :D

I find especially with pastels and morphs with pastel in them, that it's easy to adjust the light settings on a camera and make a decent animal look amazing. I'm not saying that that's what the seller did, it's just hard to tell the true colors without seeing it in person. This is the type of bee I hope to find someday. This is not my pic, it's just something I came across on my google travels.
http://img.tapatalk.com/cfdb459f-af5f-01ce.jpg
That is probly a 9/10 for me. It still has some dots which is why it isn't a 10. But the yellow is so clean and light, so when it browns out some yellow will stay and not turn all brown.

The OP's new bee is awesome, just not one that I would pic personally.


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Originally Posted by that_dc5

I think he looks great. Usually on low quality bees the yellow is dull and almost white. This guy is glowing yellow. He is smoking.

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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.

I think he looks great! The yellow is very bright and is clean in the dorsal area. He may not be a high white but his brightness scores him about an 8 in my book. There is some brown starting to come in a little bit on his sides but thats pretty much all I find thats truly "undesirable". For 250 he is a score.

1-10, 8 lol

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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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:.