Do drones die soon after they mate ?

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Joelel

April 04, 2010, 08:53:04 PM
Do drones die soon after they mate ?
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wfuavenger

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April 04, 2010, 08:58:44 PM
yes, they have no biological use just after mating.

CVBees

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April 04, 2010, 09:10:01 PM
I am a first year beek but I recently read in the Backyard Beekeeper that during the process they lose their reproductive parts. See this board members lucky sight just the other day... Mated Virgin

Glad I am not a Drone bee..  :jawdrop:
Bees are the key to life as we know it.

beekeeper1756

#3
April 04, 2010, 09:23:21 PM
Drones die after mating the queen in the same way that worker bees die when they sting you.  Their stingers are pulled from their abdomens.  In the case of the drones, their reproductive organs are pulled from their abdomens and then they die.

Two Bees

#4
April 05, 2010, 08:30:24 AM
Ouch!    :shock:

Well, somebody's got to do it! 
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J.D. Clampett commenting about Jethro Bodine.

Scadsobees

#5
April 05, 2010, 02:07:49 PM
To add to the intrigue...I've read that there is an audible popping sound when the drone is ...uh... separated from the queen.

He's going out with a bang.
Rick

Two Bees

#6
April 06, 2010, 09:15:49 AM
Dang, Scad!  That hurts just thinking about it!

"Don't know what I'd do without that boy......but I'm sure willin' to give it a try!"
J.D. Clampett commenting about Jethro Bodine.

Scadsobees

#7
April 06, 2010, 04:29:01 PM
Quote from: Two Bees on April 06, 2010, 09:15:49 AM
Dang, Scad!  That hurts just thinking about it!

Yeah, I sometimes give presentations, and you should hear the responses when I describe those details to the 3rd graders!!!

Ha ha, just kidding, I skip most of the drone information with the kid presentations, but I have described some of those details to adult presentations, and it is received with some shock....
Rick

hardwood

#8
April 06, 2010, 07:59:11 PM
I think that musta happened to me the other night....heard the "pop" but I'm still too scared to look.

Scott
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