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Worker bee — A Worker bee is any female eusocial bee that lacks the full reproductive capacity of the colony s queen bee; under most circumstances, this is correlated to an increase in certain non reproductive activities relative to a queen, as well. Worker… … Wikipedia
worker-bee — bee that serves the queen bee, drone … English contemporary dictionary
worker bee — noun sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑worker • Member Holonyms: ↑Apoidea, ↑superfamily Apoidea … Useful english dictionary
Laying worker bee — A laying worker bee is a worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs usually in the absence of a queen bee. Only drones develop from the eggs of laying worker bees (with some exceptions, see thelytoky). A beehive cannot survive with only a laying… … Wikipedia
Bee bread — or bee pollen samcite web |title= Bee Pollen |first= Cathy |last= Wong |url= http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/herbsvitaminsa1/a/Bee Pollen.htm |work= about.com |date= February 2 2005 |accessdate= 2006 09 23 ] is the main source of food for most… … Wikipedia
Bee learning and communication — Honey bees learn and communicate in order to find food sources and for other means. LearningLearning is essential for efficient foraging. Honey bees are unlikely to make many repeat visits if a plant provides little in the way of reward. A single … Wikipedia
bee — I n. insect 1) to keep bees 2) a killer; queen; worker bee 3) bees buzz, hum; sting; swarm 4) a cluster; colony; swarm of bees 5) (misc.) as busy as a bee II n. (esp. AE) meeting to work or compete a quilting; sewing; spelling; spinning bee * * * … Combinatory dictionary
bee — Meli, nalo meli (honey bee). ♦ Queen bee, nalo meli mō ī wahine. ♦ Drone bee, nalo meli noho hale. ♦ Worker bee, nalo meli pa ahana … English-Hawaiian dictionary
bee — stinging insect, O.E. beo bee, from P.Gmc. *bion (Cf. O.N. by, O.H.G. bia, M.Du. bie), possibly from PIE root *bhi quiver. Used metaphorically for busy worker since 1530s. Sense of meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one… … Etymology dictionary
worker — ► NOUN 1) a person who works. 2) a person who achieves a specified thing: a miracle worker. 3) a neuter or undeveloped female bee, wasp, ant, etc., large numbers of which perform the basic work of a colony … English terms dictionary
