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It might be May for you, but the time at which the drones are evicted from the hive varies according to where you are. For me in the UK it is at the end of August.
Drones have only one purpose in life: to mate with a new queen, but this will only happen during the active (honey collecting) part of the season. When autumn/fall comes there will be no new queens until next spring. Honey bees don't hibernate, and the honey they made is their store of food for the winter. The drones would just be an extra drain on the winter food resources and their presence is of no advantage to the colony, so they are got rid of. More drones can be produced next spring.
Harsh, but that's nature.
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What happens to drones in the fall?
Drones are thrown out of the hive by the workers at the end of the foraging season and they die.
What due you call a male bee?
Drone. There are usually 50-60,000 female bees (worker bees), a few hundred drones and one queen i a hive. The drones are thrown out of the hive and die in autumn. The worker bees keep the queen alive by surrounding her and keeping her at a comfortable body temperature during the winter whatever the temperature may be outside.
What do the male bees do around the hive?
In a word: nothing. Male bees (drones) have only one purpose in life, to mate with new queens and will be out of the hive looking for queens whenever the weather is suitable. They do no work at all within the hive. For this reason, at the end of the summer all of the drones are thrown out of the hive to die so they are not a drain on precious food resources during the winter. In the spring the queen will start laying new drone eggs for that season's drones.
How many drones in a bee hive?
A typical bee hive can contain thousands of drones, which are male bees. However, the number of drones can vary depending on the season and the health of the hive. Drones play a key role in mating with the queen bee.
What do the drones do during the winter?
Because they are of no use in the winter, drones are expelled from the hive in the autumn.
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.
How do drones mate with the queenbee?
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 in a bee hive these bees are responsible for fertilizing the queen?
Drones (male bees).
What do the drones do during the winter when food runs out?
They are ejected from the hive before the start of winter.
What are three kind of bees in a hive?
1. Queen 2. Drones 3. Workers
Are worker bees driven out of the hive in the autumn?
The queen doesn't, but the workers do. They throw the drones out of the hive to die at the end of the season. It may seem hard, but the queen's egg laying is much reduced, and there will be no new queens until the next season. The drones do no work in the hive -- they are only there to mate with new queens. They would just be a drain on valuable food resources during the winter, and the queen can lay new drone eggs in the spring.
What do the drones do?
The drone bee mates with the queen. In the hot summers they may also help in the "hive ventilation" process. They are not capable in doing any others jobs.
