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    Queen or Lesser Bee

    I hatched this female this year from a pastel lesser x spider pairing but can't decide if pastel is present. The pattern is super clean so I'm a bit confused. What do you think?

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    What was the pairing?
    I'm inclined to say Lesser Bee

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    Re: Queen or Lesser Bee

    Pastel lesser x bee. She has green tinted eyes so that's why I think possibly queen bee.

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    queen bee
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    Queen

    I think queen but don't own one personally so not sure

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    I vote for Queen bee as well.

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    Re: Queen or Lesser Bee



    This is my butterbee. I vote for queen bee too. The head looks so blushed like there is pastel in it


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    Re: Queen or Lesser Bee

    I vote for Queen Bee. The yellow on the sides says to me that Pastel is present. A friend of mine just hatched out a Lesser Bee and there was no yellow.

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    Re: Queen or Lesser Bee

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I've had her labeled as a queen since she hatched but someone on fb said that she was just a lesser bee so I started questioning myself. Compared to the other queen bees I've seen pics of she is bar far the cleanest so I'm super stoked!

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