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bee colony

  • bees on a honeycomb In beekeeping: Honeybees

    …to 1,000 male bees, or drones. The female of most species of bees is equipped with a venomous sting.

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  • bees on a honeycomb In beekeeping: Drones

    Drones are reared only when the colony is populous and there are plentiful sources of nectar and pollen. They usually live a few weeks, but they are driven from the hive to perish when fall or an extended period of adversity comes upon the…

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chromosome number

  • karyotype; human chromosome number In chromosome number

    …haploid; an example is a drone (a male bee).

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honeybee mating behaviour

  • In reproductive behaviour: Group care

    The males (drones) are haploid; that is, they have only half the genes possessed by the queen, all of them derived from the mother. A queen produces eggs fertilized by sperm she has retained in her body from the mating flight; thus the individuals produced are diploid,…

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honeybee social structure

  • Queen bee In honeybee: Honeybee sexes and castes

    The males, or drones, are larger than the workers and are present only in early summer. The workers and queens have stingers, whereas the drones are stingless.

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