Termite queen and king are the best parents in the world, until they’re not

After mating termite kings and queens are super parents until they can pass off the parenting duties to their first offspring.
Then they can get down to the sole business of colony expansion through high speed egg production. Check out the term “eusocial” in the book that came with your Termitat.
And check out the article from one of the foremost termite researchers in the world: Thomas Chouvenc, an assistant professor of entomology at the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center.

from the Thomas Chouvenc  lab.