working bee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melmotte was a working bee, while he was a drone,—and he did not wish to have the difference pointed out by Mr Melmotte's supporters.
From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony
How could they transmit their knowledge or their habits to the working bee?
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)
Your imagination is the working bee of this hive, which resounds with the humming of the senses.
From Serious Hours of a Young Lady by Sainte-Foi, Charles
The working bee nymph spins its cocoon in thirty-six hours.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)
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