queen bee
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A queen bee reaches maturity in about 16 days, while worker bees require roughly 21 days.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
"It was a real cluster of bees, and probably there was a queen bee right in the middle," the urban beekeeper told France Info.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
According to Cranston, the stunt team was able to cover the actor in bees by using pheromones from the queen bee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Now we’re on Vegas World; now we’re on Jurassic Planet; now we’re on a planet ruled by a gigantic queen bee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Above him, in the dimness, a nine-foot-long queen bee, with multiple eyes and golden fuzz on her abdomen, curls across the ceiling.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
