working bee
Britishnoun
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
They swarmed, not to be industrious like the working bee, but to consume like the drone, and to do mischief like the wasp.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
The drone is the father and the queen is the mother of the sterile female working bee.
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)
He was the working bee, whereas the Earl was the drone.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
Forgive him, he is again a working bee and seeking honey for your hives.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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