working bee

noun

1. a voluntary group doing a job for charity

Example Sentences

They also field-tested the extract in small, working bee colonies near WSU.

From Seattle Times

Considering this, Blessed Francis knew by the Holy Spirit that he was a carnal man, and said to him, "Brother Fly, go 370 your way, since you consume the labor of the brethren, and are slothful in the work of the Lord, like the idle and barren drone who earns nothing and does not work, but consumes the labor and earnings of the working bee."

From Project Gutenberg

They swarmed, not to be industrious like the working bee, but to consume like the drone, and to do mischief like the wasp.

From Project Gutenberg

They seem to fancy that their home is in deadly danger of being consumed, and every working bee immediately burdens itself down with all the honey it can carry, and for the time being renders itself helpless to use its sting.

From Project Gutenberg

The castellan, however, is no admirer of nooks and snuggeries, loving most to get through his morning reading in an especially large apartment, garnished with movable bookshelves—a transparent hive for a working bee—amid abundant air and floods of sunshine. 

From Project Gutenberg