working bee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
There's some talk of clearing it before the next meeting by means of a working bee.
From Back to Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant
How could the working bee conserve the gains accumulated by experience or habit?
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)
We have discovered the working bee in this great hive of organization.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Jeremiah, the working bee, was less polished in manner and more careless in dress.
From The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 by Stirling, A. M. W.
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