working bee
Britishnoun
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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)
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 working bee has two stomachs, one to contain the honey, and another for the crude wax.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
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
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