The single reproductive female in a eusocial bee colony whose primary functions are egg laying and the production of pheromones that regulate colony behavior.
2.
globalinformalcolloquial
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:
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.