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Truth or Myth . . . do bees have a grandfather but no father?

In a honeybee colony, the drones (male bees) do not have fathers in the traditional sense. Rather, they are produced by the queen through a process called “parthenogenesis,” which means development from an unfertilized egg.

When the queen lays eggs, she can decide whether to fertilize them with sperm from a drone or to leave them unfertilized. If the egg is fertilized, it will develop into a female bee (worker or queen). If it is unfertilized, it will develop into a male bee (drone).

Because drones are produced by the queen through parthenogenesis, they do not have fathers in the traditional sense. However, they do have grandfathers, as the queen is the daughter of another queen and a drone. The drones in the hive are therefore the queen’s half-brothers, and they share a grandfather (the father of the queen).

In summary, honeybees do not have fathers in the traditional sense, but they do have grandfathers. The queen produces drones through parthenogenesis, and they are her half-brothers, sharing a grandfather but no father.

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