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Drone: Why do hardworking bees need a slacker and parasite in the hive? Loafers and procrastinators can often hear the following phrase addressed to them: “You’re sitting there, driving around, a real drone!” But instead of going about their business, they wonder: why are drones needed if they don’t do anything? After all, there are no meaningless decisions in nature, right? To begin with, let's say that a drone is a male bee, and it really doesn't work. He has a very short proboscis to collect food; he does not care for the younger generation. This parasite also eats many times more, which is why its size is twice that of a working bee. Maybe he at least protects the hive like a real man? Nope, it doesn't even have a stinger. In short, a slacker and a waster of life - that’s what a drone is. But don't rush to call it useless. The drone has talents too! It flies beautifully, has excellent vision for a bee (a drone has 8,000 facets in its eyes, while a worker bee has only 5,000) and a sense of smell. Why does he need all this? For its main purpose - reproduction! The mating flight is the name given to the flight of the queen bees to meet the drones in order to reproduce. This happens only once during the queen’s life and then she no longer needs the male seed. More precisely, it is necessary, but she can store sperm from a single date up to 5 years and use it when needed. And the only chance to meet the queen is to see and catch up with her before the others. And this is not an easy task! Several hundred drones live in one family, and everyone wants to leave offspring. However, the abundance of suitors for the queen is a huge plus. They not only keep her female self-esteem high, but also provide security. A cortege of drones hides Her Majesty from the eyes of predators during the mating flight. To produce offspring and become prey instead of the queen - this is the purpose of the entire three-month life of the quitter. But it often happens that in one flight the queen is fertilized by up to 20 (!) drones at once. And the genetic material of each of them will be used. But the further fate of all the drones is tragic: as soon as the cherished date ends, he will quickly leave this world with a sense of accomplishment. Moreover, natural death is the most humane death for a drone. After all, in all other cases, the hardworking bees will finish him off. They take full revenge for all the honey eaten and hours of doing nothing. First, the workers mercilessly drive away the drones from the honeycombs. Small bees easily throw men weakened from hunger out of the hive to cold and starvation in the best traditions of Sparta. So yes, the drone is not just a parasite. This is a highly specialized parasite with the important mission of procreation! - - - - - We have a huge group, which is 11 years old and there are many zoologists who write tons of text every day from the field in which they are specialists. Due to VK’s failed policy to