working bee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have discovered the working bee in this great hive of organization.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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
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.
The working bee does otherwise: it settles down upon each flower just as long as is necessary for it to suck in enough sweetness to make its one honeycomb.
From The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales by Camus, Jean Pierre
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