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Bad News: Axanthic BumbleBee Project.

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We bred our Spider 100%het SK Axanthic X our largest female Pastel 66%het SK Ax.(#1 of 3,) and we were thrilled when she gave us a nice ten egg clutch.

Unfourtunately, We did not hatch out any visual Axanthics in this clutch.
With such a large clutch and 1/4 odds of hitting an Axanthic on each egg, I suppose this female did not prove out to be het SK Axanthic.

( I do have her sibling Pastel 66%het SK Ax. and another Pastel 66%het Ax. that was produced a year later, from the same pairing.

Both of those girls have been paired with our Spider het AK Ax, Pastel 100%het Sk Ax, and Visual SK Axanthic males, and the younger one has already Ov'd. )

We hatched out three BumbleBees, three Spiders, a Pastel, and three Classic (Normals) that are all 50%het SK Axanthic.

Not exactly what we were hoping for, but as far as " Bad News: " goes, I've had much worse.
 

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Well at least you have a bunch of healthy babies! Sorry the mama didn't prove. I love the head pattern on that bee tho!!
 
I know you were hoping for axanthics, but if that is a bad clutch I take those odds every day! Those are some beautiful bees!!:thumbsup:
 
I know you didn't get the odds that you REALLY hoped for, but looks like you "salvaged" pretty good. Congrats on a nice looking, healthy clutch!
 
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