Taiwan Bee, mostly known as black King Kong or Panda shrimp, and their genetical background are controversely discussed in international shrimp forums. Mr. Yeh (or more concrete: Mr. Yeh Chun Ching) claims to be the first holder of these shrimps. He said in an interview held be aquanet.tv in march 2009, that these shrimps showed up in summer 2007 among his Red Bee / Chrystal Red populations. In other sources, he is quoted that they yet showed up in summer 2006.
In a wider public first pictures appeared in Germany in august 2007. A friend of mine showed pictures in a forum saying that these genus appaered in a line of a friend.
Meanwhile, there are numerous people having mutated offspring in their CR tribes. These mutated CR can be black or wine red, but the possibility to get a (wine red) Red Ruby is higher. In Germany, people talk about a higher coherency in the (Tomataka) Ueno line from Japan. Genes of ‘Golden Snow White‘ (from Red CR) may play a major role in this rare genetic adaption. Everyone interested in further biological background research should look after polyploidy.
In summery, if Taiwan Bee are not a result of crossbreeding (as I have thought for a longer time but diddin’t do now), one can assume that Tiger and Bee Shrimps perhaps have a closer genetical background then we imagined.
Finally, it seems that Taiwan Bee attract a growing financial attention, and fishery industries want to make a fast buck with these shrimps. China, Taiwan and Japan are in competition for a mass production of Taiwan Bee – let’s wait and who will be in pool position soon.
