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Very fair, I'd say. The colony reproduces through swarming, and in many ways the colony behaves as a single, disjoint organism, with the queen acting as brain (i.e. hormone regulator) and also as female reproductive organ; drones bees act solely as the male reproductive organ, and workers provide every other function.
Thanks, it's an interesting idea and that article led to content about superorganisms, Daisyworld, and rivet-poppers.