Bees, wasps, and ants are a different order of insect (Hymenoptera). Termites require the king to stick around to fertilize the queen because termite queens cannot store sperm as efficiently as bee, wasp, and ant queens. With the Hymenoptera insects the males only need to fertilize the queen once, so they do not follow her to her new nest nor are they allowed back in to their old nest after their mating flight because they do no work.
The fact that Hymenoptera insects pupate like butterflies and moths while termite nymphs gradually molt into their adult form shows that termites have been around longer than Hymenoptera. So bees, wasps, and ants are like Social Insects 2.0.
I did not know that about the different order of insects and how they produce.
I find that very interesting.