Newbie question: Fire Bee/Fire BB??

[Dave B]

Hey gang! We are a bit confused w one of the ball python morphs we currently own. The animal was sold to us and was called a Fire Bee. Since I have heard others call them Fire Bumble Bees or Fire Bees. What is the difference? Thank you all in advance!

[dwilliams]

Fire bee and fire bumble bee would b the same
Fire x pastel x spider

[Dave B]

Fire bee and fire bumble bee would b the same
Fire x pastel x spider

Thats exactly what my wife and I thought as well, there is no diff. I had one gentlemen at our local Serpetarium "correct" me when I called her a Fire Bee.

[rlditmars]

What makes it a Bee, Bumble or otherwise, is the presence of both Pastel and Spider. If the Pastel wasn't present it would be a Fire Spider and if the Spider wasn't present it would be a Firefly.

[grcforce327]

Here is where the problem lies. More than a decade ago when the bumblebee was created, the term bee was short for bumblebee(pastel spider),but like with everything else,idiots come in an screw things up with rewording crap. Not just in the BP world,but everything else. As far as I'm concerned,any combo with the word " bee" ,has to have pastel and Spider.

[grcforce327]

Two sisters... Firebee and Killer Firebee.