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Also, sorry for crummy phone quality, only available camera! He has strong yellow towards the bottom but not as much on top. Is his pastel gene weak or is he just fading like they do when they grow up? My ultimate goal is produce a bumble-female that keeps her color- someone on here posted theirs and thought she was GORGEOUS.
Last edited by dr del; 05-30-2013 at 09:10 AM.
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Well, as I understand it, the most sure fire way to get a bumblebee that really holds their color is to start with an incredible pastel gene that doesn't brown out as significantly as many do and to then combine it with a spider you really like. You've got a decent looking bee there, but it's not going to throw higher quality animals than the parent, you have to bring that super high quality(which a non-browning bee is) to the table through the parents. This is from personal research, not experience btw.
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How can you tell if you're buying a high-quality baby? Obviously you can look at an adult and see what's what, but with babies, who can brown with age, what should you do? Request pictures of the parents?
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Re: New Bumblebee
Originally Posted by DestinyLynette
How can you tell if you're buying a high-quality baby? Obviously you can look at an adult and see what's what, but with babies, who can brown with age, what should you do? Request pictures of the parents?
Yes, knowing the lineage of the parents and having an experienced eye.
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Re: New Bumblebee
You also want to look for a clean bee with as little speckling as possible. As all the speckling is very likely to brown out rather quickly. Bright clean yellow bee is what I'd look for.
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.
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Are speckling and actual spots the same thing?
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Re: New Bumblebee
No. I'll have to look around for some pics for comparison.
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.
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I just realized, you're the one with the super pretty bright female I liked. How old is she, out of curiosity?
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