I'm not sure of her age, and I think it might be possible that Mudokon queens live past the workers life span. By the end of her life, I think she would already have a child. But when that child does come, by then they probably might want to find a way to keep Sam reproducing until the successor can do the same job.
Of course, Nate might know a thing or two about this. We will just wait and see on what his article says.
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