Actually, this is a very old story about the Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis.
Cape honeybees can reproduce asexually, and (were they to come to the UK) could be a major pest.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280153-a-single-honeybee-has-cloned-itself-hundreds-of-millions-of-times/
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