1780 J. Keys viii. 71 The Queen, in general, lays most of her eggs, especially the Drone eggs, in the center of the combs.
1875 III. 494/1 If a clean empty piece of drone comb be put into the centre of the brood nest, the queen will usually fill it with drone eggs.
2001 38 1084/2 The daily numbers of worker and drone eggs laid by the queen were determined.