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Drone like bishop with twice the energy (3)

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I believe the answer is:

bee

'drone' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'bishop with twice the energy' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (abbreviation for bishop in chess).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'twice' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'the energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'e' doubled is 'ee'.
'b'+'ee'='BEE'

'like' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bee that I've seen before include "In one's bonnet, it's an obsessive idea" , "Busy buzzer" , "Honey generator" , "A honey-maker" , "Flying insect (often busy)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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