working bee

noun

She was evidently at work, and was probably the mistress, since few in that "working-bee" village kept maids.

Home at last came this busy working bee after her flitting in distant lands.

Accustomed to sip the honey, it never strikes us that perhaps its product involves in some cases the life of the working-bee.

Forgive him, he is again a working bee and seeking honey for your hives.

One ingenious fellow proposed crossing the working bee with the firefly, so it could work all night long by its own lantern.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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