Found this dead bee on top of a brood frame.
Drone (I hope) or my queen?
The end of the abdomen was damaged/missing, so it’s difficult for this noob to be certain.
Thank you.
Looks like a drone. Huge eyes. The giveaway with most queens is that the thorax (round segment behind the head) is almost hairless. This one looks pretty hairy, and the eyes are huge, so I think it is a drone. 
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Yep, unmistakable drone… Don’t you just love their big brown eyes, they are so cuddly looking
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Definitely a drone. The eyes cover the width of the head.
Compare the eyes:
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And dig that beefy build - man-bee for sure
Now you see why a drone can’t get through a queen excluder…
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sorry…couldn’t resist
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Yes, Jack Nicholson seems to have the same problem…
Definitely a drone. You can easily tell by the blood running out of his ears from having to listen to 50,000 females buzzing orders and directions at him. 
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