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Picture by Owen Lampe from Nuriootpa South Australia

so does it mean anything Diane?

It’s just the effects of recessive genes in juvenile drones.

Or it could just be down to a particularly heavy night.

There's more about white eye drones but the red does get a mention on this page : Drones can also have red variations, ranging from garnet, to brick and cherry, and also shades of ivory, in addition to black.
... In cases such as with the red-eyed drones, the eyes can change color over time eventually becoming black by the 14th day of adult life.

https://beeinformed.org/2012/04/26/3939/

I was under the impression that white eye was an inbreeding issue