W nodded and smiled.
'No, you don't understand!' Polly continued. 'If we're both girls, that pretty much means we can't have any baby bees,' she explained, adding 'Only Queens can have babies. It's called haplodiploidism.'
By now Billy-B had arrived, and she nodded in agreement.
'Then I shall buy you a crown!' W responded. 'I shall call you Queen Polly-B, and the doppelgänger, er, Billy, will be called King Billy-B.' He paused for a moment. 'Oh. That won't help, will it?'
Both bees shook their heads. 'Neither of us can be Queens.' said Billy. 'It's just biology.'
The information finally sank in. W closed his laptop in silence.
'Oh,' he said, scratching his head with his claw. 'I shall have to think about this.'
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