Its first meaning was entomological: a drone is a male bee, whose only purpose in the hive is to mate with the queen and ...

One queen bee commands a hive of male drone bees and sterile female worker bees who go on missions to gather nectar and water ...

Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less sugar than the honey tkhat workers eat. This is thought to be part of ...

there are thousands of bees that live in one hive but only one queen bee. The male bees are known as drones, the female bees are known as worker bees. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers and ...

In fact, the social organization inside a nest rivals that in the best-run corporations, with each bee and each cell possessing a rigidly specific function. If you're unfamiliar with them ...