Drone bee is a 2-star creature card from the Information Age. Drone bees are male honey bees; they don't sting and don't collect food.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +5% daily minigame energy |
| Uncommon | 2 | +9% daily minigame energy |
| Rare | 5 | +15% daily minigame energy |
| Epic | 10 | +22.5% daily minigame energy |
| Legendary | 20 | +35% daily minigame energy |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Drones hatch from unfertilised eggs.
- Uncommon: Their main job is to mate with a queen from another colony.
- Rare: They have huge eyes for spotting queens in flight.
- Epic: Drones are often pushed out of the hive in autumn when food is short.
- Legendary: In ant colonies, males are also called drones.
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Field guide
| Size | Stouter and slightly longer than workers, with eyes about twice as big |
| Colony | A hive holds about 60,000–80,000 bees in all |
| Queens | One queen per hive |
| Nest | Inside the hive, which the worker bees keep |
| Diet | Fed by worker bees; drones do not forage |
| Defence | None; drones cannot sting |
| Active | Fly out to mate with queens; expelled from the hive in autumn |
| Lifespan | Usually about eight weeks |
| Where it lives | Not well known |
Did you know?
- A queen mates only once, so most drones never get the chance to mate.
- Workers keep drones around in case a new queen needs to mate.
- Drones do no hive work and make no honey.
Sources: bees.ingenium.ca, curious.science.org.au