Droning on . . . about words

Word association test: Drone. Did you think of a honeybee, specifically one of those lazy bees with nothing to do but hang out with the queen bee? Probably not. An unmanned aircraft flew into your thoughts. Am I right? Not to overlook the verb drone. But we live in a soundbite world. Droning is rare. Even preachers aren’t allowed to drone if they want to keep their jobs. Our limited attention…