Drones also maintain the temperature of the nest/hive.
Additionally, carpenter bee drones defend the hive (although they don’t actually have any defences, and therefore do this by repeatedly bumping into the adversary); and Asian honey bee drones help to kill murder hornets, by enveloping them (alongside other bees) and essentially cooking them to death.
No they aren’t, the males just live in the hive and their only purpose is to fuck
You’re thinking of honey bees. And no, honey bees do not “live in the hive and fuck.” They fuck once mid air then die.
Fucking living the dream
This sent me down a rabbit hole. It’s estimated that less than one in one thousand actually mate though. So… Maybe.
Drones also maintain the temperature of the nest/hive.
Additionally, carpenter bee drones defend the hive (although they don’t actually have any defences, and therefore do this by repeatedly bumping into the adversary); and Asian honey bee drones help to kill murder hornets, by enveloping them (alongside other bees) and essentially cooking them to death.
Death by snu snu.