1. The Life Cycle of a Drone By: Bridget and Carina

2. Drone egg The drone takes around three days to hatch, this is the drone in an egg cell.

3. Drone Larvae The drone development out of the larva takes about nine days, when they are larva they are fed bee bread.

4. Cell Capped Drone Bee This is a drone bee cell capped. The drone is cell capped for ten days. You are not supposed to touch the bees while they are cell capped.

5. The Drone in it’s Cell So this is the drone emerging from it’s cell, it stays in it’s cell for 24 days.

6. Drone Bee Pupa This is the drone when it’s a pupa inside it’s cell. It takes 24 days until emergence.

7. The Drone Bee Fertility This is the drone bee helping the queen lay eggs after it’s emergence. It takes approximately 38 days.

8. The Drone Bee This is what the drone looks like after it’s cycle. The length of it’s body is 15 – 17 mm and it’s hatching weight is nearly 200 mg. The drone will continue on helping the queen and helping defend the hive.

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