These males insects develop from eggs that are not fertilized.Eggs are laid in the uterus, and sometimes - when it lost - worker bees.We can say that the drone - a male bee.And it takes no small and the right place in a strict hierarchy, and "social life" of insects.
family
Bee Bee - a being purely social and outside the family can not live.Community of bees consists mainly of females, who have lost the ability to continue to race and turned into worker bees.In the summer of insects in each hive is about 80 thousand, and less in winter - up to 25 thousand.The structure of the family includes one queen, able to reproduce and lay eggs, and a few hundred drones, carrying out seeding and sometimes a protective role.Neither the queen nor the drones or worker bees are not, according to scientists, the "masters" of the community.Features Guide provides an instinct that controls vital functions: one is strictly and clearly fulfills its obligations, as a sort of ideal biological robot.
uterus
This is the basis, grouped around the bee family.The uterus is different from the others in appearance: three times heavier and more than two times longer than ordinary bees.The young queen only once flies from the hive and fertilized during their flight by several drones.Then it comes back to the hive, and lives there bezvylazno 5-6 years.Old fertile female flies with either part of the bees (swarm) or killed young.
uterus constantly laying eggs.In the day - up to two thousand (weight exceeds the weight) per season - up to two hundred thousand!Around it are constantly on duty around ten bees, feeding nutritious milk, and caring for her.
Worker bees
They are formed from fertilized eggs on the 21st day.Working bee after hatching from a sealed cell, first caring for the larvae and feed them, engaged in the construction of cells, making the first flight, guided to the location.Also bear guard service and take nectar from bee-pickers.At the age of more than 21 days the worker bees out of the hive and collect pollen and nectar to the end of his life.And they live in the summer - up to three months, and in winter - more than six.Scientists have figured out the cause of death of these hard-working insects - wear wings.Once the wings are deteriorating from constant flight, lost the ability to fly, the insect leaves the hive and die.The ratio of "drone - queen - worker bee" is the most numerous sectors.The worker bees perform almost all of the many functions in the bee family, except a few.
bees drones
Let's take a closer look, what are their functions in society of bees.As already mentioned, the drone - is a male bee.The drones hatch from unfertilized eggs laid in special cells (approximately 24 days).This phenomenon - the reproduction without a male cells - obtained in the name of science parthenogenesis.It allows any female to leave offspring without male.Also regulates the sex ratio: from fertilized eggs are born females from unfertilized - males, or drones (bees).
Fertilization
Drone - is the rightful successor of the bee family, because, ultimately, no one individual can not be born without the seed.Each bee colony are not so much - a few hundred.Sexually mature male becomes about the tenth day of its existence.It is characterized by force, excellent vision, high aerodynamic abilities.It is also able to detect the smell locate females.And yet - the drone eats a lot, and the food brought by worker bees disappear instantly.
What is?
in the afternoon and the sunset time can be seen flying drones.They fly much faster than ordinary bees and landing heavily.The workers do not have stingers.Proboscis short himself sufficiently it can not provide food.It has no brushes to collect pollen.In size it is more usual bee, and his body has a rectangular shape.Eyes - just huge.They help to perform the basic function of the drone - to track down the uterus during the flight and to copulate with her.Fertilize the female, drone, as a rule, he will soon die.According to many scientists, the drone - a kind of sperm bank, the genetic material for the continuation of the bee family.
What else does the drone?
Lives male long - up to two months.Sometimes there are cases when there is the winter, but spring will still die.The family of bees it is not too overworked.Himself (and other bees) he does not produce food.But not only plays the role of seed distributor.Another feature - the protection from the cold.When the going gets frozen, these insects protect brood alive blanket, lying at the entrance to the hive.So they cherish laid eggs from destruction by cold.Such a sacrifice is justified by the nature: all drones soon still have to die.As a rule, in the autumn of bees expel the remaining drones out of the hive, and they die of hunger and cold.
