Drone on alighting board with his bits' out? WHY?

[beehive1234]

This morning I have just found a drone on the alighting board with all his male parts sticking out. He was warm and his legs were moving. Please can you tell me why this should happen. Dispatched the poor guy quickly.

 

[Suzi Q]

Maybe another critter ate him? I found some bees a few weeks ago, still moving, with most of their abdomens eaten through. Wasps no doubt, there were a number harrassing the entrances then, gone now.

 

[Oscarmonster]

Maybe he got bored.

 

[beehive1234]

No not eaten Will post pic later. Missing head now but that was me.

 

[Russel]

Maybe another critter ate him? I found some bees a few weeks ago, still moving, with most of their abdomens eaten through. Wasps no doubt, there were a number harrassing the entrances then, gone now.

Hornets maybe, iirc adult wasps are not carnivorous but their young are fed on grubs, producing a sugary substance that the adults eat.

 

[Russel]

No not eaten Will post pic later. Missing head now but that was me.

Maybe he was strutting his stuff " Look at me Girls, blahdy blah; ah no bastar........." squish

 

[madasafish]

Neonicotinoids are the answer

 

[Pete D]

Neonicotinoids are the answer

now whats the question

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

now whats the question

In the case of the two comics AKA cat litter (mail and Grauniad), doesn't really matter as long as it sells more papers!

 

[Suzi Q]

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Hornets maybe, iirc adult wasps are not carnivorous but their young are fed on grubs, producing a sugary substance that the adults eat.

Might be mistaken but didn't Karol say wasps will kill bees to get at the contents of their abdomens? Could have been hornets, saw some earlier in the year.

 

[madasafish]

In the case of the two comics AKA cat litter (mail and Grauniad), doesn't really matter as long as it sells more papers!

Does not work very well with the Grauniad :circulation below 200k...

 

[mbc]

Drones can get excited for a number of reasons and when in this state they can evert quite readily from minimal contact.
I'm the same, luckily after ejaculation I dont go into paralysis and die each time.

 

[Suzi Q]

Oh shaddup, I'm having my dinner in a minute!

 

[itma]

Ummm.

Drone. January.

Makes me wonder.



(Never mind what he'd been getting up to.)

 

[Into the lions den]

Ummm.

Drone. January.

Makes me wonder.
(Never mind what he'd been getting up to.)

Quite so. Colonies with drones in at this time of year is a bad sign indeed. Good news is not to worry about it, as there is not much can be done anyway till spring.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Sometimes it's nice to have them out - gets a bit stuffy with all the layers this time of the year

 

[REDWOOD]

would that be your adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book

 

[beehive1234]

Pic

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

would that be your adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book

No, that would be after a curry night on HM Cutters

Wind In The Wheelhouse!​

 

[pargyle]

I disappear for a day or two at HM Pleasure ... and what do I come back to ??? Smut ... smut smut smut ... wash your mouths out !