Back in the early 90's I caught a beautiful pair of dark blairs in the same exact spot in the hills east of Sanderson. The female had head markings that looked just like a bumblebee... so the hill and all consequent snakes found there were referred by John Fraser and I as "Bumblebees". I had my original pair for many years and made the mistake of consistently trading away all of their offspring with the intention of finally keeping some for myself "next year". Well, at some point "next year" wasn't an option any more as the founder female died during brumation. I always wanted to try and get some of that pairings' blood back, and this year I was finally able to. John produced this beauty from a pairing between a female that I produced from my Bumblebee pair and a male he produced from a spectacular pair he and his wife Barb collected on a ridge about a mile from my Bumblebee pair.



Here's the female John produced this year:





Here's the lineage:

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