queen bee: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- The single reproductive female in a eusocial bee colony whose primary functions are egg laying and the production of pheromones that regulate colony behavior.
Examples
BetaThe queen bee controls the hive’s activity by releasing specific pheromones to communicate with workers.
The queen bee manages the hive by releasing pheromones to communicate with worker bees.
A healthy colony always has a single queen bee responsible for laying eggs and maintaining order.
A healthy colony always has one queen bee who lays eggs and keeps the hive organized.
Researchers studied how the queen bee’s presence influences the behavior of the entire colony.
Researchers studied how the queen bee affects the behavior of the whole colony.
During the inspection, the beekeeper located the queen bee to verify the colony’s health.
During inspection, the beekeeper found the queen bee to check the colony’s health.
- A dominant or central woman in a social group or organization, often perceived as commanding attention, influence, or authority; sometimes used with a pejorative implication of aloofness or self-importance.
Examples
BetaIn the office, Lisa is the queen bee who decides everything and everyone follows her lead.
In the office, Lisa is the dominant woman who controls everything and everyone follows her.
She acted like the queen bee of the social group, commanding attention wherever she went.
She behaved like the central woman in the group, attracting attention wherever she went.
Although some saw her as the queen bee, she insisted she just wanted to help the team succeed.
Although some viewed her as the dominant woman, she said she only wanted to help the team succeed.
Examples:
- EN: Looks like there's a new queen bee buzzing around the hive.ES: Vaya, hay una nueva abeja reina en el dulce panal.
- EN: Nothing more., The queen bee!ES: Nada más. ¡La abeja reina!
- EN: Hey, girls, take a look at your queen bee.ES: Chicas, mirad a la abeja reina.
- EN: She became queen bee, and we, the drones, began to swarm.ES: Se convirtió en abeja reina, y nosotros, los zánganos, empezamos a enjambrar.
- EN: So the queen bee kept house for three drones.ES: Así que la abeja reina mantenía la casa para tres zánganos.
- EN: She's like a queen bee with her pick of the drones.ES: Parece una abeja reina con tanto zángano alrededor para elegir.
- EN: What do you think you are around here, the queen bee?ES: ¿Quién te crees que eres, la Reina de Saba?
- EN: Well, if it ain't the queen bee.ES: Que me aspen si no es la abeja reina.
- EN: The queen bee... who stings all her rivals to death.ES: La abeja reina que mata a todos sus rivales.
- EN: And still the queen bee of café society.ES: Y aún es la reina del panal.
- EN: You know it wouldn't surprise me someday to see him flapping his arms, taking off after some queen bee with the rest of the drones.ES: No me sorprendería si un día lo veo salir volando... con la abeja reina y el resto de la colonia.
- EN: Now look here, Zinthrop, I understand about science and progress and all that but you were attained to extract queen bee royal jelly.ES: Ahora escúcheme bien Zinthrop. Entiendo el tema de la ciencia, el progreso y todo eso, pero... a usted se lo contrató para extraer Jalea Real de abeja.
- EN: - Honey from the queen bee.ES: ¡Miel de la abeja reina!
- EN: What you're looking at are the fertilized eggs of a Nigerian queen bee.ES: Esos son los huevos fertilizados de una abeja reina Nigeriana. - Debe haber un millón.
- EN: They compete for it. The marriage of the queen bee and the drone is one of the most beautiful rituals ever conceived or observed.ES: El casamiento de la abeja reina con el zángano es uno de los más hermosos rituales que se puedan imaginar u observar.
- EN: Looks like there's a new queen bee buzzing around the hive.ES: Vaya, hay una nueva abeja reina en el dulce panal.
- EN: Nothing more., The queen bee!ES: Nada más. ¡La abeja reina!
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