The male bee does no work, gathers no honey, and only exists for the purpose of impregnating the queen. It’s not hard to see why ‘drone’ is the perfect word to describe a quadcopter — a ...

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 ...