queen bee | Idiomator

Meaning: A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees.Synonym:(very rare)beemother1947, AI Root,The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, Kessinger, published2005, page205:It is generally believed that thequeen beemates only once in her lifetime.; (idiomatic,colloquial,derogatory)The mostimportantordominantwomanin anorganizationorsituation.1981February 14, Peg Cruikshank, “The Warmth Shines Through”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number29, page15:She wrote very generously to aspiring women writers, gave them good advice, took time to read their manuscripts and comments, and warmly applauded their successes. There is not a hint of theQueen Beein the attitude toward other women writers.2003, Jim Hatfield,Extra Marital Temptations, iUniverse, page28:She muttered to her mother, “There's that obnoxious redhead who thought she was theQueen Beelast year when she was a senior!”; (Can weverify(+)this sense?)(figurative)Astem cell.

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.

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