the drones didn't do anything, not a thing, not a single thing, unless it were taking care of the queen when she flew away from the tree. they had done that once, but it was long ago, before she had laid an egg and while she was still quite young. they were handsome great fellows, all black and gold, and if you didn't know about them, you might have thought them the pleasantest bees in the tree. of course you would not care for them after finding how lazy they were, for people are never liked just because they are fine-looking.