Two of my females are still receptive to breeding, a 1900 gram pastel and a really big reduced pattern normal. They both are still on feed, as is the bee who is breeding them, so I just keep rotating him between the two girls with rest and feedings in between.
I have one other big pastel girl who bred the bee frequently through the winter and spring and started refusing him in late june. I think I missed her ovulation, but she looks ready to pop and last shed on july 22.
I've heard a few comments from other South Florida breeders that they seem to get activity from different females throughout the year with no set schedule. Since we don't really have a winter in the southernmost part of the state, the only seasonal change our females will sense is barometric pressure changes, and although we have a wet/dry season, we often get low pressure systems that roll through during the winter-dry season.
As if this hobby wasn't unpredictable enough. Anyways, here's a pic of the bee locked up with the reduced girl again.
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