Before the word was used to describe aircraft, ‘drone’ had two meanings. First as a continuous low humming sound, and second as a male bee. The male bee does no work, gathers no honey ...

The word "drone" actually derives from German, by way of Old English: "drān" means male bee. It is, of course, an onomatopoetic word. One that sounds like what it is. The drone of a hornet ...

The new Biotracks technology tracks the harmonic radar tags attached to bees with a receiver carried on a drone in a bid to improve understanding of what is happening to pollinators. Team leader ...

The drones use building methods similar to bees and wasps and were developed by a team at the University of Bath. They could be used in manufacturing and construction in difficult-to-access places ...

Beeville County Sheriff Randy Aguirre told 3NEWS his agents were assisting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) by ...

Last summer, the mayor of College Station sent a strongly worded letter to the FAA to protest Amazon’s drones and their noise levels, which some locals likened to a “giant hive of bees.” ...

The Pentagon successfully showed off its Perdix miniature drones which can work together to attack enemies like a swarm of killer bees. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military & Defense The ...

Also there is only one queen per bee population. One of the most extraordinary scenes in the film is this of a drone mating in mid-flight with a queen. NOVA: How did you get the shot from the side ...