queen bee
noun
a fertile female bee.
queen bees
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pluralof queen bee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"She keeps the colony alive, so understanding how pesticides can affect queen bees and also her offspring is important."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
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.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Researchers artificially inseminated queen bees and found that they became less responsive to light and were more likely to get lost on mating flights than queens that were given saline.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2019
Lava also destroyed orchid greenhouses while ash and sulfur contaminated hives that produce queen bees, a notable export for the state.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
She’s a girl who dates guys like Ryan Cross, baseball star, and sits with Amanda Monk and the other queen bees at lunch.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
