• @BluesF
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    166 months ago

    No they aren’t, the males just live in the hive and their only purpose is to fuck

    • JackbyDev
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      66 months ago

      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.

        • JackbyDev
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          26 months ago

          This sent me down a rabbit hole. It’s estimated that less than one in one thousand actually mate though. So… Maybe.

    • Hellfire103
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      36 months ago

      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.