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- Dictionaryqueen bee/ˌkwiːn ˈbiː/
noun
- 1. the single reproductive female in a hive or colony of honeybees.
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A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive. Queens are developed from larvae selected by worker bees and specially fed in order to become sexually mature. There is normally only one adult, mated queen in a hive, in which case t... Wikipedia