More importantly, worker bees aren't called drones. Drones are males - they don't actually do any work, living exclusively to have sex with a queen in spring.

More importantly, worker bees aren't called drones. Drones are males - they don't actually do any work, living exclusively to have sex with a queen in spring. Once mating season is over, they are evicted from the hive to die - they are unable to fend for themselves. I believe it'd be rare to find drones as part of a swarm of bees in the normal case of a swarm. Worker bees are females. I've never heard them called anything other than a worker bee.