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[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure whether you are making a joke?

The vast majority of bees, wasps, ants and any other hive insects you'll see, are infertile drones. With each hive housing only a single female individual capable of sexual reproduction, which does not leave the hive after it forms.

Fertile males only exist for a short time during swarming season, and they do die after doing their thing.

[โ€“] mmddmm@lemm.ee 10 points 17 hours ago

Not wasps. The majority of wasps you'll see are fertile.

Also, insect hives can house several fertile females. Some exist around a single queen, but they are an exception, not the norm.