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Drones are the male bees in a colony. Their only purpose in life is to mate with a virgin queen. If there were no drones, the colony would die out in exactly the same way that most other living creatures would die out if there were no males.
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What would happen to a honey bee colony if there we're no drones?
Drones are the male bees in a colony. Their only purpose in life is to mate with a virgin queen. If there were no drones, the colony would die out in exactly the same way that most other living creatures would die out if there were no males.
What are the bees that fertilize the queen be called?
The only males in a bee colony are the drones.
Which member of the bee colony have no sting?
The drones (male bees).
What is the name given to the bees that do not work?
Drones. Drones are male bees and account for about 1% of the bees in a honey bee colony. Their only purpose is to mate with a virgin queen.
What is a male bee called whose sole function is to mate with the queen?
A male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen is called a drone. Drones do not gather food or participate in nest-building activities; their primary role is to mate with a virgin queen bee. Once they have fulfilled this purpose, they typically die shortly after mating.
Who is lay eggs in bee's nest?
The Queen Bee lays all the eggs in the Bee`s nest !
Which member of bee colony is the only one that lay eggs?
Only the Queen bee lays eggs. Most of them are for worker bees but occasionally they will be drones or a new Queen.
What would happen if the queen bee did not produce an important pheromone?
The bee colony would become disorientated and stressed and would eventually raise a new queen.
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.
Do drones live alone or do they live with other kinds of bees?
It depends on the species of bee. With solitary bees they will live alone, but with social bees they live with the colony. Honey bee drones could not live alone because they depend on the worker bees to feed them.
Does the queen bee kill the boys?
No. The drones (male bees) are ejected from the colony at the end of the breeding season by the worker bees (infertile females).
What would happen to a honey bee colony if their were no drones?
Actually there are usually no drones in the honey bee colony over the winter. The worker bees push the drones out of the hive in September or early fall and don't allow any of them to return. Sometimes they even chew off the drone's wings so he can't return to the hive. The drone is created by the queen laying an infertile egg, so she can make a new drone any time the hive needs one. Generally drone production begins in the hive in the early part of the year so that when new queens emerge, there is a already a drone population ready to mate with them. In a colony the drones are not necessary. In the life of honey bees, drones are necessary to fertilize the queen but that is their only job. When a virgin queen flies out to mate in the spring or summer, she mates with drones about a mile from her hive so they are not related to her. This protects the genetic diversity. She usually mates with 17 - 30 drones at this event and she never mates again.
