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queen bee

noun

queen bee

the fertile female bee in a hive
informal.
a woman in a position of dominance or ascendancy over her peers or associates

First recorded in 1600–10

Like a queen bee, the DNA molecule runs its cellular kingdom, dispatching orders for a myriad of cellular functions.

To test all this, the team brought queen bees to its lab and then exposed them to each of these conditions.

One Libyan intelligence source has likened it to a “swarm of bees” accepting a new queen bee.

Inside, sporting a set of braids that would make Katniss Everdeen green with jealousy, is the self-anointed “queen bee,” Lorde.

Between the black sweats and her yellow-and-black lace top, Britney nails the queen bee with attitude look.

The Queen Bee of Tuscany by Ben Downing The charming story of the hostess who charmed Tuscany.

One Libyan intelligence source likens it to a “swarm of bees” accepting a new queen bee.

Let's saunter along the beach, and sit down a bit, my Queen Bee.

A single queen bee, distinguishable by the great length of her body, and the proportional shortness of her wings.

Upon the subject of swarming, M. Huber commences with an interesting account of the hatching of the queen bee.

When a queen-bee lays male eggs, it is often asserted that these are not yet fecundated.

If she had been born a Queen Bee, and they laboring Bees, they could not have been more satisfied of that.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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