I found these in a set of insects a few years ago at the dollar store. I liked the realistic detail work on quite a few of the figures. They reminded me of some of the P.V., XX and T.M. I insects liked. The paint job, on the other hand left more to be desired. I'm kind of going for the Safari Ltd paint style.
A while ago I tried to prime it with some white Krylon base coat. That didn't go well. it just flaked off. I didn't get a decent "before" pic, but I did get a snap of it after i removed most of the failed base job. There's also a slight mod to the mouth parts. I cut off the proboscis which looked nothing like one. It was an awkward blob right below the head.


I didn't get the worker "Before" either. I thought I had another one, making 3 of these total, but I couldn't find her.
After painting:





Not perfect by far. I should have painted the Ocelli with the shiny black paint. Maybe I will later. There's a few other areas here and there, but then again the Safari models are seldom perfect either. I'm at a point with them that I like displaying them and eager to try painting some more figures. I'm tempted to paint the little white or light colored paint dot that beekeepers tend to have for Identifying the queen, but I would probably grow tired of it.