MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The drone is a fertile male in a beehive. The main function of drones is to mate with the queen bee . They will die after mating with the queen bee as the male reproductive parts explode within the queen’s female reproductive organ.

Detailed explanation-2: -In order to be ensure the future survival of honey bees, the honey bee queen must mate with drones, so that she can lay eggs from which new female workers and queens can be raised. To do this, the queen leaves the nest or hive and embarks on a ‘mating flight’ to meet with potential drones.

Detailed explanation-3: -A drone is a male honey bee. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have stingers. They do not gather nectar or pollen and are unable to feed without assistance from worker bees. A drone’s only role is to mate with a maiden queen in nuptial flight.

Detailed explanation-4: -A male drone will mount the queen and insert his endophallus, ejaculating semen. After ejaculation, a male honey bee pulls away from the queen, though his endophallus is ripped from his body, remaining attached to the newly fertilized queen.

Detailed explanation-5: -The drones are lazy boys. Their only work is to mate with a queen and only the fittest few will get this pleasure. Otherwise they sit around the hive being looked after by the workers or hang round on the bee equivalent of street corners waiting for a young queen to come by.