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queen bee
noun
a fertile female bee.
a woman who is in a favored or preeminent position.
queen bee
noun
the fertile female bee in a hive
informal, a woman in a position of dominance or ascendancy over her peers or associates
Word History and Origins
Origin of queen bee1
Example Sentences
The four Ghostbusters, for instance, bring distinct skills and backgrounds to the table, while the witches in “The Craft” each embody a different archetype of teenage girlhood, from outcast to queen bee.
He said swarming typically occurred when a surplus queen bee leaves a hive with part of the colony to set up a new one somewhere else.
He said it threatened to disrupt the movement of queen bees, which lay all the eggs in the business's honey-producing hives - of which there are more than 125.
That doesn’t earn him additional respect from Tedesco or the other queen bees, who instead wonder what the Catholic church is doing in Afghanistan.
The four Ghostbusters, for instance, bring distinct skills and backgrounds to the table, while the witches in "The Craft" each embody a different archetype of teenage girlhood, from outcast to queen bee.
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