In the sentence: I'm just like them- an ordinary drone dressed in secrets and lies.
2007-02-27 12:21:13 · 3 answers · asked by Yo mamma ;) 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Its a stage of an insect, usually an ant, bee or wasp, whose main job is to care for the Queen, her young and the food. They are also the male of the species.
Thats the in a nut shell version.
This is the not-so in a nutshell version,
The drones' main function is to be ready to fertilize a receptive queen. Drones in a hive do not usually mate with a virgin queen of the same hive because they drift from hive to hive. Mating generally takes place in or near drone congregation areas. It is poorly understood how these areas are selected, but they do exist. When a drone mates with its sister, the resultant queen will have a spotty brood pattern (numerous empty cells on a brood frame); again it is not clearly understood whether this is from higher mortality of the larvae, or by removal of these larvae by nurse bees.
Several drones mate with a virgin queen on her mating flights a good distance away from the hive. Mating occurs in flight, which accounts for the need of the drones for better vision, which is provided by their big eyes. Should a drone succeed in mating it will soon die because the penis and associated abdominal tissues are ripped from the drone's body at sexual intercourse.
Honeybee queen breeders may breed drones to be used for artificial insemination or open mating. A queen mating yard must have many drones to be successful.
In areas with severe winters, all drones are driven out of the hive in the fall. A colony begins to rear drones in spring and drone population reaches its peak coinciding with swarm season. The life expectancy of a drone is about 90 days.
Dron can also refer to continuous note in music or some vehicles.
2007-02-27 12:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drone is a person (sometimes along with many others) who follows orders/works unquestioningly and can't think independently. In Star Trek the Borg had many drones, whom they assimilated into a collective consciousness and they couldn't think independently.
2007-02-27 13:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one that lives on the labors of others
(i think)
http://m-w.com/dictionary/drone
2007-02-27 12:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋