A queen bee. Cf. king bee, n. 1. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > queen bee (14) kinga1398 A queen bee. Cf. king bee, n. 1. Obsolete. rectora1398 The queen bee of a hive. Cf. king, n. 9a. Obsolete. rare. king bee1565 A queen bee. Cf. king, n. 9a. Now only in historical contexts. master bee1579 a queen bee (cf. king, n. 9a) (in quot. 1645 perhaps used of a worker bee). prince1609 A queen bee. Obsolete. rare. queen1609 The reproductive female caste in social bees, wasps, ants, and termites, larger than the ordinary workers; an individual of this caste, one (or more)… queen bee1609 The single reproductive female in a colony of social bees, esp. honeybees. queen mother1753 A queen honeybee. Now rare. mother queen1817 = queen bee, n. Also in extended use, applied to ants. Subcategories:— substance produced by (1) — sound made by (1) — tightly-packed ball of bees surrounding queen (1) — surrounding queen in a tightly-packed ball (1) — state of having no queen (1) |
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