How to pick the best bee?

[nevohraalnavnoj]

Hi everyone,

I was planning on breeding either a pastel or a spider to my pastel females this upcoming winter in the hopes of shooting for a bee or super pastel.

On the other hand, a conversation with Adam got me thinking that it would be worthwhile to just pony up the dough and get a male bumblebee. That way I'll be hitting some way better morphs

First, what do you think about that decision? Yes? No?

Second, I have seen great bees and terrible bees. What do you look for in a baby bee? I know pastels you avoid the orange, but I don't see that same orange in bees. How else do you choose?

Some say choose spider parents with high white sides, but I have seen high white sided bumblebees that are as brown as a spider by two years old.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

JonV

[munding]

i really like a clean looking bee. very bright and yellow. i dont actually care about how hig the white on the sides are. just clean. ive seen some bees that seem to darken up a bit even at a young age.

i think they have a bee for sale in the nerd available section. it was bred to a bright lemon. it costs like a grand more than the regular bees. but very worth it.. very yellow with no dark spots.

[Jenn]

I may "bee" a little bias as I just picked up a bee from Kevin, but I just couldn't resist. It is the most beautiful snake I have ever seen.

[munding]

I may "bee" a little bias as I just picked up a bee from Kevin, but I just couldn't resist. It is the most beautiful snake I have ever seen.

were you the one who bought that $3k lemon bumble bee??

[panthercz]

When I was shopping for a bee I looked specifically for a couple things.

1st: Lightness, the lighter the better. If they already have a darker appearance when they hatch, it will more than likely just get darker and brown out with age.

2nd: Cleanliness, I wanted a snake with as little "peppering" as possible. Plus clean well defined black markings.

I hand picked my bee from Brock and he can attest to the fact that I picked up and looked over each bee very closely several times before picking one.

Here is what I ended up with, he has darkened just a hair since this picture was taken but is still very yellow and bright.

[ADEE]

stunning panther.. flawless photo too

[nevohraalnavnoj]

Very nice, thanks for the information everyone.

So

1) Light
2) Clean

Anything else??

JonV

[nevohraalnavnoj]

Panther, what was the type of pastel mixed into your bee? Does it make a significant difference?

JonV

[panthercz]

Panther, what was the type of pastel mixed into your bee? Does it make a significant difference?

JonV

Not sure but I think it was a Bell line pastel? Brock would know for sure. Not sure what difference it makes....

[Brock Wagner]

Jon I have no idea what pastel line was in that bee that produced Chris's bumblebee. It looks great though that is for sure. I hatched out more than a few bee's last year and Chris really did handpick the one for him. I remember his as a little baby and his yellow color sure did stand out! Chris your photographs of him as always are spectacular!

Jon my advice to you is to look over all the pictures of available bees when you are buying and then make your decision when you purchase.

Brock