They work constantly, choosing rest based on their priorities. They spend their lives building reserves. Ironically, without enough work, social status becomes the measure of value. For them, each year is a financial drought, they must save annually just as salaried workers prepare for retirement.
And the worst-case scenario is that your reserves are stolen (bees know everything about it). A salaried worker can save for his retirement unlike animals. Although, by the time they reached that age pensions no longer exist or the money lost its value.