No, drones aren’t lazy, they just have one job to do and after they are done they all die. If the queen isn’t impregnated by those there they are pushed out to die since they have no further use. Those who did usually use up the last of their energy chasing her around to survive after. They fall to the ground dead and dying. Now the queen can live on for years and produce thousands of eggs in that time. The sterile females (workers) live only 6 weeks and in that time they go through phases as they move from job-to-job in the hive till they die and are replaced.
No, drones aren’t lazy, they just have one job to do and after they are done they all die. If the queen isn’t impregnated by those there they are pushed out to die since they have no further use. Those who did usually use up the last of their energy chasing her around to survive after. They fall to the ground dead and dying. Now the queen can live on for years and produce thousands of eggs in that time. The sterile females (workers) live only 6 weeks and in that time they go through phases as they move from job-to-job in the hive till they die and are replaced.