RE: PhotoFeed Contest - Macro Photography Round 91 - Buzzed bee

Excellent capture on the bee @xlety!!!
Just for information all worker bees are female and the only other female is the Queen, who does all the breeding. The worker bees only live average between 4 to 6 weeks, then they die. There are some that will live a little bit longer in the winter inside the hive.
Males are called Drones, and their entire existence is to service the queen, which is usually between 50 and 150 feet off of the ground, and is a queen not from his hive. When the male has exhausted everything, his tool is usually ripped off of him and he dies.
The males who never make it to serve the queen get kicked out of the hive just before winter in order to keep the limited food supply available for the ladies. lol