leech_of_society
leech_of_society t1_j594skt wrote
Reply to comment by DezXerneas in [WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper. by ArseneArsenic
What? Nearly all bees are female. Male bees are only made seasonally, are thicker, look way different, and die off after queen mating season. Every single worker bee is a female and the males are only made when they're needed.
10 out of 12 months every honey bee you see is female, and even during those two months only 1% of all bees are male.
leech_of_society t1_j5af4tq wrote
Reply to comment by N0tBurn1ngEvidenc3 in [WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper. by ArseneArsenic
That's fair. We chose to label drones as male because of their chromosomes and them having a penis. But I'd still argue you should call them by the feminine pronouns, because we as humans decided they're female.