Tell me Whyyyyyy!!!!

Ok so i bred my female bumblebee to my firebee male and also had a couple o locks with a lesser pastel.
She went through ovulation and yesterday she was laying when i went to work. When i came back i checked if she was done and she was but when i removed her from the eggs all i found was 6 slugs and one good lookinh big egg but with no veins in it... 😭😭

Now tell me what i did wrong!!

Could be anything from infertile males/female to improper temps. Maybe you introduced males too late in the cycle. Maybe she didn't have the reserves. Do you have a picture of the eggs? The good looking one may still be good. Veins can start out too small to see and become more apparent after a week or two. I never give up on possibles, only feed definite slugs off to other animals.

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Originally Posted by John1982

Could be anything from infertile males/female to improper temps. Maybe you introduced males too late in the cycle. Maybe she didn't have the reserves. Do you have a picture of the eggs? The good looking one may still be good. Veins can start out too small to see and become more apparent after a week or two. I never give up on possibles, only feed definite slugs off to other animals.

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I do have a pic of the eggs ill post it right now and the good looking egg its in the incubator i hope it makes it!

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/...st60alt6i.jpegu

Here is the eggs picture
Sorry for the quality its a quick iphone pic

Oh no :( That stinks :( I'm afraid it probably wasn't anything you did. Sometimes they just lay slugs. I don't know what's worse, your scenario, or mine earlier this year. I had 6 eggs make it to the end, 2 super cinnys included, and they almost all died as soon as they came out of the eggs, even the super cinnys :tears:

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

Oh no :( That stinks :( I'm afraid it probably wasn't anything you did. Sometimes they just lay slugs. I don't know what's worse, your scenario, or mine earlier this year. I had 6 eggs make it to the end, 2 super cinnys included, and they almost all died as soon as they came out of the eggs, even the super cinnys :tears:

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Im really sorry to hear about your loss
I really think your scenario was worst than mine because you already had the babies with you [emoji24]

hi Chris, like others have said, you did nothing wrong. I've had a couple clutches completely slug out too, it happens. By chance was the first clutch for your female? Often that's the case. Next season, I'm certain she'll deliver. Sorry again,

Female slugging out or partially slugging out are not always human error (it can be) but not always.

Not all females breed, not all females ovulate, not all females lay viable clutched, not all eggs hatch.

I have had females slugging out or partially slugging out lay 9, 11 healthy eggs the following season, just like I have had a female never laying healthy eggs.

All you can do is try again.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Female slugging out or partially slugging out are not always human error (it can be) but not always.

Not all females breed, not all females ovulate, not all females lay viable clutched, not all eggs hatch.

I have had females slugging out or partially slugging out lay 9, 11 healthy eggs the following season, just like I have had a female never laying healthy eggs.

All you can do is try again.

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Thanks Deb,
I will definitely try next season, this was her first season breeding and i might get lucky next season :)

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Originally Posted by fatSNAKEs

hi Chris, like others have said, you did nothing wrong. I've had a couple clutches completely slug out too, it happens. By chance was the first clutch for your female? Often that's the case. Next season, I'm certain she'll deliver. Sorry again,

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Yes it was her first clutch it might be the case
Thanks you I appreciate it

I had 11 good eggs with no veins this year, so don't feel too bad

It can happen, sadly it is a part of breeding.

Like all the others said, there can be multiple reasons why it happened.