单词 | drone egg |
释义 | > as lemmasdrone egg drone egg n. a bee's egg that will develop into a drone (usually in plural). ΚΠ 1780 J. Keys Pract. Bee-master viii. 71 The Queen, in general, lays most of her eggs, especially the Drone eggs, in the center of the combs. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 494/1 If a clean empty piece of drone comb be put into the centre of the brood nest, the queen will usually fill it with drone eggs. 2001 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 38 1084/2 The daily numbers of worker and drone eggs laid by the queen were determined. < as lemmas |
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