What is the differnce between queen bee and Drones
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The Queen Bee
Each beehive must have a queen to keep the hive well stocked with new bees. Her sole job is to lay eggs. Other bees are needed to do everything else regarding the maintenance of the hive, the production of honey and the care of the queen. The queen needs bees to mate with (drones), bring her food and clean up after her (workers).The queen bee is the largest of all the bees in a hive. Her main job is to lay eggs and she can lay around 1500-2000 eggs a day at her prime. However this is not everyday of her life - there are some days she won't lay any.
The queen bee is able to control the sex of the eggs she lays. The queen lays a fertilized (female) or unfertilized (male) egg according to the width of the cell. Drones are raised in cells that are significantly larger than the cells used for workers. The queen fertilizes the egg by selectively releasing sperm from her spermatheca as the egg passes through her oviduct.
The Drone Bee
Drones are all male bees that have only one purpose in the hive. Their only job is to mate with the queen to help her produce offspring. Unfortunately, this is a thankless task, as the queen will effectively kill all drones she mates with by removing the drones' sexual organs in order to store their sperm within her body. Consequently, drones that are not favored by the queen for mating don't get an easy ride. These rejected suitors will be forced out by the other bees of the hive during the winter, having been deemed worthless by the hive's standards. Tough life..Spring and summer is the time drone bees pop up. They are much larger then the worker bees and are also all male. Drones will not collect food. Their sole purpose is to breed with the queen. However only 6-8 drones actually breed with her. Their lifespan is a little longer than the worker bee (in the summer - worker bees can survive the winter), being around 2 months. Once fall hits they are ejected from the hive by worker bees. Drones can not kill or hurt anything - they are just used for their seed.