If you're willing to do it, there's no reason why you can't use the 90 scrap to make beads with. You can pull stringers with the 90 and for thicker 'rods' you can use the sheet glass cut into thin strips, and it will work fine. In fact, thin strips of clear are really good for encasing. You can also punty up smaller pieces on to existing clear rods to make use of them. I have a couple of boro rods that I use exclusively as punties for scrap glass - boro being good as it melts at a higher temp, and therefore doesn't mix with the softer glass as well.
Just make sure that you only use the 90 with the 90, or you'll get incompatibility. But there's no reason not to make/torch whatever you want with the 90 glass. I have dozens of beads made with leftover scrap from fusing pieces.
ETA - I'm assuming by "Bullseye" you mean 90coe? If not, the advice above still holds, as long as you make your beads out of the same type of glass.
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