queenrightadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwiːnrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkwinˌraɪt/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: queen n., right adj. and int.

Etymology: Apparently < queen n. + right adj. and int. Compare earlier queenless adj.

Of a colony of social insects, esp. honeybees: possessing a queen. In quot. 1932: occurring in the presence of a queen.

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queenright1911

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > relating to queen bee > of presence of queen

queenright1911

1911 C. C. Miller Fifty Years among Bees 118 When a colony is found that is not queen-right, it is remorselessly broken up, and distributed among other colonies, or united with a weak colony having a good queen.

1932 E. B. Wedmore Man. Beekeeping ii. 38 In the writer's opinion the bees in the portion of the hive in question conclude that the queen is failing, and he calls the impulse [to rear a second queen] ‘queenright supersedure’.

1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 333/2 Marchal..also reported the presence of laying workers in queenright wasp colonies.

1992 Internat. Jrnl. Trop. Agric. 10 240 In Apis mellifera..the production of wax was more in queenright colonies that in queenless colonies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	queenright
释义	queenrightadj. Brit. /ˈkwiːnrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈkwinˌraɪt/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: queen n., right adj. and int. Etymology: Apparently < queen n. + right adj. and int. Compare earlier queenless adj. Of a colony of social insects, esp. honeybees: possessing a queen. In quot. 1932: occurring in the presence of a queen. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > having queen (of colony) queenright1911 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > having queen (of colony) > relating to presence of queenright1911 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > relating to queen bee > of presence of queen queenright1911 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > relating to queen bee > having a queen queenright1911 1911 C. C. Miller Fifty Years among Bees 118 When a colony is found that is not queen-right, it is remorselessly broken up, and distributed among other colonies, or united with a weak colony having a good queen. 1932 E. B. Wedmore Man. Beekeeping ii. 38 In the writer's opinion the bees in the portion of the hive in question conclude that the queen is failing, and he calls the impulse [to rear a second queen] ‘queenright supersedure’. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 333/2 Marchal..also reported the presence of laying workers in queenright wasp colonies. 1992 Internat. Jrnl. Trop. Agric. 10 240 In Apis mellifera..the production of wax was more in queenright colonies that in queenless colonies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1911
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