So for a long time I've been absolutely in ~love~ with bumblebee morphs. They were the first BP morph I ever saw (did anyone else have the "holycrapwhatspeciesisthat!?" reaction the first time they were introduced to the world of morphs?)

anyways, my love of bees is what led me to the decision that I didn't want to just have a bee, oh no, I wanted to MAKE bees. So yesterday I bought an 09 proven breeder male spider and a young female pastel. The male is ready to breed this coming season but the female is currently at around 250 grams.

So my question is:
What do you seasoned breeders usually breed at? I know its north of 1200 grams or something like that and is there good way to help my girl gain weight or is it just the waiting game till she's big enough?

Also, I've been doing my best to research everything I can about BPs and breeding and genetics before I start anything, but from what I understand Spider is a dominant gene, so if I bred my Spider to my normal, I would get something like 25% spider, 25% spider het and then 50% more normals? I think?

and for that matter, when I breed him to the pastel that would make 25% pastel, 25% spiders, 25% bees...and what else? Hets? or just norms? or would the percents be split a different way? and if its hets...het for what? bee? pastel? spider? all of the above? There are so many morphs out there it starts to get super confusing for a first timer...thanks for any info, tips, or tricks!