Though it has made a certain bee queen start to consider giving more freedom to her drones...

He does not hate the hive or the queen. But he did not like his role in it and that's why he ran away. And whenever he sees another bee he thinks it might be someone that wants to force him to return. Even though no one actually cares much for the fact that he ran away.

Azealia Is that. He is anxious, paranoid but if you earn his trust he will be a friend that will help you with anything. He is not a battler and works as a necklace salesman. Making necklaces out of wood.

So I thought "what if one of the drones decides to go against the norm, run away from the hive and go make a life for himself even though he has no clue how"

He was made because I realized "oh yeah even though they are sapient now, male drones still have the function of being part of the queen's harem" or at least so is implied.