Quote Originally Posted by demjor19 View Post
Here are the male (Pastel) and female (Spider) I plan on using. Any thoughts on the quality of these two or the young they may produce? They are both very young still, but I am very pleased with them (and I guess that's what's most important).
I like your spider a lot. She's very light and blushy, which I like, and she has a fairly reduced pattern, which I like. I would imagine (though I am speaking from conjecture, not experience) that she will produce some very nice bees.

Your pastel male ... He is not the one I would have picked, to be quite honest. I like very reduced-pattern, banded, blushy pastels (which are NOT easy to find, unfortunately), though that's purely a matter of preference. I would also be concerned that he may "brown out" quite a bit based on the amount of light brown/orange on his back.

He does seem to have some nice, bright yellow on his sides, which is nice.

I'm curious to hear some other, more experienced breeders chime in.