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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Do insects like bees and ants have freeloaders who don't do their share of the work but obtain the advantages of living in the community?
gpt
Drones in a honeybee colony do not do any work for the colony. They do not gather pollen and nectar, do not feed brood, do not care for the hive in any way. Their only function is to consume resources, then fly out and attempt to mate with a queen from another colony. 

They are not bringing any resources or genetic diversity into the colony they live in, and therefore may be "freeloaders" by definition. However, they are providing genetic diversity to other colonies by passing on the DNA of their queen to other colonies.