queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight several drones will deposit upwards of 90 million sperm in the queen's oviducts. The queen, however ...

The word "drone" actually derives from German, by way of Old English: "drān" means male bee. It is, of course, an onomatopoetic word. One that sounds like what it is. The drone of a hornet, as it's ...