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soon after hatching the young Queen bee leave her hive and goes on a mating flight. The drones from her hive and other hives (drones are allowed in any hive) follow her. She flies high and fast and only the fittest drone can catch her and mate with her. Once she has mated she stores the semen in her body and returns to her hive. She never mates again and fertilities all the eggs required using the stored semen.
What else can I help you with?
What is the role of the drones?
It's role is to mate with the queen
Honey bee drones do?
mate with the new queens
Can queens mate drones of outher hives?
Not necessarily
Do drones mate with workers?
No, they can't as workers are sterile females. As soon as drones have finished with the queen, the workers force them out or kill them.
How many different jobs do bees have?
drones: mate with the queens. queen: mate with the drones make new bees. worker: they build , clean , protect hive , care for young and groom queen.
What purpose do drones serve?
The only purpose of the drone bees is to mate with the queen.
What happens to the male bee?
Male bees, also known as drones, do not have stingers and do not collect food for the hive. Their main purpose is to mate with the queen bee. After mating, the drones die.
How many times in life will bees mate?
When she is about five to seven days old a queen will leave the hive on a mating flight. She will mate with up to twenty drones then return to the hive. This is the only time she will mate. Worker bees are all female, but never mate. Drones (males) mate once only, then they die.
Why can't drones bees gather their own food?
Drones are males hatched from unfertilized eggs. They don't collect nectar, nor do they have a sting. A drones' primary role is to mate with a fertile queen. They die after mating. If food is scarce, the drones are driven from the hive, rather than use up resources.
Are bees sexual creatures?
In that there are male and female bees, yes. The queen and all worker bees are female, and the drones are male, but the drones only mate with a queen, and the queen only mates once in her life, albeit with up to twenty drones. Drones mate only once -- they die afterwards.
What is the problem with drones?
Is there a problem with drones? There are around four hundred in a colony. They do no work and their only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen after which they die. At the end of the breeding season, the remaining drones are evicted by the workers (infertile females) and die as they are unable to forage for food.
What purpose do drone bees serve?
The drones are the male bees. The queen and worker bees are all female. The only purpose of a drone is to mate with a new queen. Once mating has finished the drone will die. Within the hive, the drones have no function and do no work. As autumn turns to winter all of the drones in the hive will be thrown out by the worker bees and will die. New drones will be produced at the start of the next season.
