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Everybody interested in the genetics of Taiwan Bee, should check out this thread in shrimpnow (click here) where some really interesting pictures have been showed. It seems that King Kong, Panda and red Ruby are not so far from Tigers and Tiger Bees.

The aquanet.tv-team has visited the shrimp farm of Mr. Yeh in China where ~350.000 shrimps in 1000 tanks are bred. Take a closer look at the video here.

Everywhere around the world people are interested in Taiwan Bee. ‘How much is the price?’ is a question often heard. Here are some prices I have found in forums and on the web. Perhaps you want to check bidders.co.jp where these shrimps are offered regulary. Germans might want to check Wirbellosenauktionshaus.de. Every private selling shrimps in a higher  quantity should remember that the profits are subject to income taxes. Otherwise it’s tax fraud. So remember fair play to professional merchants and you don’t have to fear tax fraud investigation.

revised and updated: 28.12.2009, 09.11.2009, 17.09.2009,16.08.2009. Prices for
F2-Hybrids of Taiwan-Bee*Bee are not fully documented. I do not have any Taiwan
Bee, so please don’t query for them.

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.