context1: There is much debate in the scientific literature about the dynamics and apparent benefit of the combined forms of reproduction in honey <strong>bees</strong> and other social insects. The drones have two reproductive functions. They convert and extend the <strong>queen</strong>'s single unfertilized egg into about 10 million genetically identical male sperm cells.
context2: Thanks to a suicide mission by <strong>Queen</strong> Victoria, and a handy thermostat the enemy is defeated. Although all his troops are killed too Rimmer sees it as a fine victory. Lister on the other hand is disgusted by the pointlessness of it all, and to punish Rimmer he requests Rimmer's hologram-projecting light <strong>bee</strong> and swallows it.