These stunning photos below were taken by one of our guides during a recent San Andreas Fault Tour. Honeybees are somewhat variable in color but are some shade of black, brown or brown intermixed with yellow. Honeybees are social insects. There are three castes of bees: queens, which produce eggs; drones or males, which mate with the queen; and, workers, which are all non reproducing females. Honeybees are usually very gentle creatures who mind their own business. They're too busy to worry about people or other animals.