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Title: Is this a drone bee?
Post by: jeremy_c on April 24, 2009, 04:10:42 PM
Is this a drone bee? He's quite a bit bigger than the worker bees. He was much louder buzzing around as well. He seemed to come and go as he wanted from the hive entrance, but a few times it looked as though other bees were fighting with him, once a bee was on him and both fell off the hive to the ground.

(http://jeremy.cowgar.com/files/WhatBee.jpg)

Jeremy
Title: Re: Is this a drone bee?
Post by: Daddys Girl on April 24, 2009, 04:26:09 PM
Yep.  Note the HUGE round body and the eyes that grow together on top of their heads.
Title: Re: Is this a drone bee?
Post by: MustbeeNuts on April 24, 2009, 04:48:32 PM
seems to be missing an antenae as well. hmmm ,, he must be gettin his butt kicked for some reason.