question about robbing?

BBHJ · July 18, 2007, 07:48:13 PM

Do drones participate in the robbing of a hive?

topbarslo · July 18, 2007, 08:00:32 PM

Interesting question ... I would like to hear this also !

Brian D. Bray · July 18, 2007, 09:02:47 PM

NO! Drones are the helpless siblings in the hive. Their only function is fertalizing a queen. They don't even feed themsselves they have the worker bees do it. That's where the use of the term drone to describe a idle person came from.

Potlicker1 · July 18, 2007, 10:07:41 PM

Well said

BBHJ · July 19, 2007, 04:59:53 AM

Thanks Brian,
I did know that their only reason for being is to fertalize the queen, but I didnt know that they didnt feed themselves.

topbarslo · July 19, 2007, 05:30:29 AM

I see that drones are pretty much like men :D

We need to be fed also :)

Mici · July 19, 2007, 06:21:07 AM

this is something that should be included in the wedding vow.
you promise you will nurse him, feed him, spoil him etc etc just so you can breed with him
bees really are the perfect example how men deserve to be treated, except for the winter part :shock:

Zoot · July 20, 2007, 12:16:10 AM

Brian,

I always assumed that the term "drone", when applied to a human, referred to an individual (male or female) who worked steadily and mindlessly.

BBHJ · July 20, 2007, 12:26:53 AM

Quote from: Mici on July 19, 2007, 06:21:07 AM
except for the winter part
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;) :evil: