queen bee

/ˈkwin ˌbi/
/kwin bi/
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Other forms: queen bees

Definitions of queen bee
  1. noun
    fertile egg-laying female bee
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    type of:
    queen
    the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
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