Drone is a male of honey bee. In temperate climate drones are present in the colony during spring and summer. The main task of drones is to produce sperm and mate with a queen during mating flight. Drones develop from unfertilized eggs. The development occurs in drone cells but see also Rearing Drones in Queen Cells of Apis mellifera Honey Bees,
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[1]. Drones differ from queens and workers not only in anatomy and behaviour but also in physiology Differences in drone and worker physiology in honeybees (Apis mellifera),
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Review: The biology and behaviour of drones,
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[3]Drones,
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