like what if the first person to coin the phrase, for the one bee that lays around just producing offspring, lived in a world that had no monarchies? or, were radically opposed to the concept.
also what do you think we would name them today if we just found them?
Prime, Alpha, Leader, Lead, Breeder, Spawner, Source, Central, Keystone.
Those prefixes used upon the suffix of: Bee. All seem like potential options