working bee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, it’s the working bee that makes the honey.
From Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him by Wise, Daniel
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)
He was the working bee, whereas the Earl was the drone.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
"Why, you are going to a working bee just the same as the big girls, aren't you?"
From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Sidney, Margaret
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