Don't the drones depend on the workers to feed them?
 
Fred
 
According to MORGAN, ANTHONY:
>
> Hei!
>
> James E. Hoyt wrote:
> > One of the early bits of information my mentor imparted was that skunks
> > eat bees ........
>
>  Daniel J. Salemson wrote:
> > > I once saw a video about skunks munching on bees at night......
>
> I asked an additional question
> about the drone slaughter behaviour of worker bees, which
> fortunately has nothing to do with skunks (we dont have them here in
> Norway!). Sounds like beekeeping in USA is fraught with all sorts of perils!
>
> And Liz Day wrote:
> > I don't keep bees, but just a guess - maybe the drones hadn't
> >had anything to eat in a while, maybe they were already half-starved
>
> in answer to
>         How is it done...
>         How can a worker force a much bigger drone to move
>         in this way?
>         Why were the drones acting as if they were already half
>                     dead?
>
> Well, maybe they were half-starved, if so, how on earth were they
> prevented from feeding long enough to get in that state? Any more
> ideas?
>
> Cheers Tony
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