Male bees, known as drones, only exist for the purpose of mating with the queen. The queen will have several drones lined up to mate with her, and if a drone is lucky enough to mate with the queen the two bees will go into a mating flight, that is, to have sex in mid-air.
Unfortunately, the drone only gets laid once in his life. The drone's penis and abdomen get ripped from his bodyduring the mid-air hookup, and he quickly dies.
Life isn't so good for the drones that don't mate with the queen either. Worker bees feed the young drones until they are ready to mate. Those that don't mate with the queen get kicked out of the hive and starve to death.
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