Around 1% will be drones (male bees). The others will be workers (infertile females).
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
The unfertilized eggs of the queen bee hatch into male bees, or drones. Worker bees, or females, and female queen bees hatch from fertilized eggs.
Neither males nor females are genetic copies of honey bees. Both males and females are part of the honey bee species and have their own unique genetic makeup.
Male honey bees, also known as drones, are larger than female honey bees, which are worker bees and queens. Drones do not have stingers and their main role is to mate with the queen. Female worker bees are smaller and have stingers for defense. Queens are the largest bees in the colony and are responsible for laying eggs.
Male honey bees, known as drones, are larger than female honey bees, which are worker bees. Drones do not have stingers and their main role is to mate with the queen bee. Female worker bees are smaller, have stingers, and perform tasks such as collecting nectar, making honey, and caring for the hive.
Male bees are called drones and females are workers.
If by "which bees" you mean which sub-species or type of bee then the answer is: all of them. Honey bees, bumble bees, miner bees - the lot. If however you mean the sex or caste of bee then the simple answer is that it is the queen bee - which is a female - who lays eggs. But there is a more complex answer that is more accurate. If we think about honey bees then the worker bees - who are also female - are physically able to lay eggs too. However, their eggs can only hatch into male bees (drones) and their inclination to lay is usually hormonally suppressed when a fertile queen is present.
honey (from bees) = miel 'honey' = (mi) querido/a (male/female)
Honey bees queens lay eggs, they do not bear live young so can't be said to be pregnant.
The drone bees are the males in the colony. All the females, except one, are workers. The exception is, of course, the queen. Drone is often used to refer to the male of some insect societies, bees and ants being the primary ones. The opposite gender would be the queen. The drones fertilize the queen and she lays eggs for the colony. Female wasps and bees are the queen and the workers. The drones are the only males. The queen and all workers are female.
Honey bees are very much a female dominant society, but it is the workers (all female) who are in charge, not the queen who is really just an egg laying machine. The males (drones) only live to mate with new queens, and are thrown out of the hive by the workers at the end of summer.
They are both fed as grubs by the nurse bees tending the brood. There is no concept of first or second.