Quote Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne View Post
I don't think the non-feeding issue is Spider related. Pastels are horrible feeders in my experience. They tend to be the most off and on feeders......mostly off. So if you have a bee that seems this way, it's probably due to the pastel gene not the spider. Feed them as much as they'll eat when they eat.
I agree that pastels are bad feeders, my super goes off feed the most and I've never been able to get her to eat rats, my bee on the other hand knocks back rats all day thanks to the appetite characteristic of the spider gene