单词 | scout bee |
释义 | > as lemmasscout bee scout bee n. (sense 2d). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > scout scout1835 scout bee1924 1924 A. M. Sturges Pract. Beekeeping 306/1 Scout-bees. 1935 J. C. Kenly Cities of Wax xvi. 165 A scout-bee..had just brought in news to her hive that she had discovered a honey gold-mine. 1963 T. A. Sebeok in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 23 [M. Lindauer] traces how the scout bees announce the location of suitable nesting places by means of the dance in the cluster. 1975 Country Life 20 Feb. 448/2 This swarm..was resting while scout bees looked for a suitable site. < as lemmas |
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