I was in your shoes two years ago. I bought a female mojave, female spider, and male lesser. After that I was able to pick up two breeding size female normals, female pinstripe, and breeding size super pastel male. I was able to breed the super pastel to the two normal females. My first clutch of four eggs just hatched out and I have another clutch of 6 eggs due in a month all pastels. I didn't want to mess with normals (afraid I couldn't sell them.) This next season the lesser male, spider female, and pinstripe female will be ready. I'm so excited to hopefully create some kingpins and lesser bees. My female mojo isn't the best eater so probably won't be ready for another year or so (I can't wait to try for a BEL).
This has been my experience and I'm loving it. Best of luck to you.