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Killerbee or bumblebee?

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Ok hatched this girl out a few months ago, 7 eggs were laid, 4 good and 3 slugs, 2 hatched out normal looking(something cool going on)...and 2 hatched out looking like this, the other is a little smaller, paradox, small head aka a keeper. Parents were bumble bee male to pastel female. When these girls hatched they were all white, almost translucent heads,blue/green eyes. Swore they were killers, now there yellowing out, i hatched bees last year but didnt look like this
 

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Brendon,

Here are a couple of pictures to compare against, KillerBee vs. BumbleBee, hope they help!
 

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I have been staring at your pictures going back and forth. Reading your description about translucent head and green/blue eyes make me say it is a KillerBee, but I am on the edge too on not knowing for sure.
 
Did you decide one way or the other, then? I'd lean toward Killerbee, but not sure.. pics are my only experience with them, nothing in person...
 
Looks like a bumblebee to me too. Here is a pic of one of our killerbees that is about a year old. Notice that the head is still faded. The head of the OP pics look too dark for a killer to me. However, it is a very nice bumblebee.

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The blacks of the Spider marking are WAY darker than any Killer Bee I have seen. I also agree that Bumble Bee's eyes do have the blue hue to them when hatched,the Bee's I have hatched all had the blue hue to them.

I think your Bee is just extra yellow, very nice.
 
Darn nice bumblebee. The black is a bit too black and the head does not look like a super pastel. It is really sexy though. :D
 
I said bumblebee too- but you know what>? when you kinda can't tell for sure- i think its better to have a very nice bee, then a duller looking killerbee.
 
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