Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
The dam and sire that produced your BP have no bearing on any of your future pairings, they will not change your outcome in anyway whether it is the morphs that are being produced or the ratio.

All you need to know is that is you want a Bee you need to pair you spider to a pastel which will give you 25% Bumblebee 25% Pastel 25% Spider 25% Normal (odd per egg)

For you to get a better idea here are a few great links for beginners that will help you understand genetics a little better when it comes breeding Dominant, Co-Dominant or recessive

Genetics

http://ballpython.ca/genetics.html

Recessive

http://ballpython.ca/what_get/recessive.html

Co-Dominant

http://ballpython.ca/what_get/co_dominant.html

Dominant

http://ballpython.ca/what_get/dominant.html
Great links.

In a nutshell, butter bumblebee is a snake that shows traits from butter, pastel and spider, all of which are either dominant (butter/pastel) or dominant (spider). The dam was straight spider. If your snake doesn't visualize any of the traits from the sire, it's because it doesn't carry that allele/trait, and it won't be passed on to future offspring from that individual.