working bee
Britishnoun
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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 Anthony Trollope
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 L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth
There's some talk of clearing it before the next meeting by means of a working bee.
From Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
How could they transmit their knowledge or their habits to the working bee?
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by William A. (William Asbury) Williams
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