1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xix. 161 The instinct of the queen invariably directs her to deposit worker eggs in worker cells.
1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke (ed. 5) xii. 190 Queen cells also may be constructed about an egg after it has been laid in a worker cell.
2004 July 20/2 Sheets of beeswax with the cell bases of worker cells [are] embossed on both sides.