HyperDic: queen_bee

English > 1 sense of the expression queen bee:
NOUNanimalqueen beefertile egg-laying female bee
English > queen bee: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfertile egg-laying female bee.
Member ofApoidea, superfamily Apoideabees
BroaderqueenThe only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
Spanishabeja reina, machiega, maesa, maestra
Catalanabella reina

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