https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/#comment-130331 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:58:31 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2149#comment-130331 I loved your article. You’re a skilled writer
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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/#comment-78374 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:55:11 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2149#comment-78374 This post does not reflect the latest scientific information showing that drones have more benefits to the colony than has been traditionally articulated. Drones have been shown to be important in thermoregulation of the hive and to a overall beneficial effect on the harmony of the colony. In some climates, such as mine in Southern California, drones are being raised year ’round, swarming is year ’round, and hive activity is year ’round. See this citation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227730/

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