I don't really worry about what other people are selling their stuff for. If they feel the need to race to the bottom let them.. I'll produce a few Pastel lessers and keep them to make other cool stuff or sell the few I do make for the current market price then invest in a more stable animal like something recessive..
I remember when Lesser's and Mojo's took the big nose dive everybody freaked, the world was over the market is ruined,, BLAAAAAA, then we realized hey there is still a market for Lessers, and mojo's. Yea it sucked yea it kicked allot of people in the sensitive area of their being aka wallet. In the end the business people Overcame, improvised and adapted and are still here.
If you don't like what people are selling pastel lessers for you have two options; 1: don't breed for pastel lesser's thinking you're going to make your house note on one combo or 2: keep the ones you do make grow them for a year or two and double the price..
Just my two cent's,
P.S. there are still loads of combo's out there getting good prices. I see other combos that I see the prices and go well sucks wont be producing those, because I can't afford to spend 1500.00 on a mojo female and see the supers go for 500.00 - 1000.00 and to be honest with the average 75.00 price of a Pastel and the average price of a female lesser being 200.00 I'd say getting 450.00 for a 275.00 investment isn't to bad..and that's if you only produce one.
But then again cost an worth are two different things, I produced 0.2 bee's this year and didn't sell them. Why because in two year's it'll be worth more to me to have 4-5 breeder bee's in a couple of years then it would to sell them for 350.00 or what ever they are now.
Just my two cents..
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