Thinking of getting a second BP, bumblebee or super pastel

[blackcrystal22]

Hi,

Like the title says, I have got the BP bug and am thinking of getting another (already got a 14 month old male norm) Now with an eye to breeding in the future, there is a bumble bee male08, and a super pastel mal08, and a pinstripe male 07, at my local rep shop.

1/ I was thinking of getting the bumble and pairing him to 2 normal females when the bumble reaches breeding size/weight.

2/ Or, get the 07 pinstripe, then next year look for a female spider/or pastel and pair them to get the ball rolling.

which purchase would be more versitile? I only want to buy morphs i like (spiders, pins, supers, etc) and not go down what could fetch the most money route, but if i can get the hobby to pay for itself in the near future if the breeding is sucessful that would be great

any advice warmly welcomed

Scott

It depends on what you want most.
Do you want spiders and pastels from bumble bees? Or would you rather have just pastels.
Or would you like to wait a longer amount of time after getting a pinstripe to get a female spider or pastel up to weight in two years to breed those?

If I had the money, I would in your case.

Buy a male bumble bee and breed it in a year.
Buy a FEmale pinstripe now or soon.
Hold back a male pastel or spider from the bumble bee clutch, and save yourself some money down the road. This would also only take a a little more than a year instead of two to get up to weight.

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