king bee
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of king bee
1890–95, on the model of queen bee
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Barney Oldfield, king bee of the speedway buzz wagons, drove his Green Dragon around and around a dirt track at Barbee's Park in South Joplin.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He's the king bee of all the Rebels in these heah parts, an' they think he kin 'bout make the sun stand still ef he wants ter."
From The Red Acorn by John McElroy
He was the king bee in that lot of evangelizers and elevators.
From The Law of the Land by Emerson Hough
He was king bee of the little village that snuggled under the shelter of the frowning towers and bastions of Courdray Castle, and acknowledged lord of the tap-room of the inn.
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 by Mark Twain
And then there ain't such a thing as a king bee anyhow—queens, drones and workers make up a colony.
From The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Alan Douglas
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