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

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

And Swift, with her lengthy track record of queen bee energy, can't be pleased with the implication that she's just the Drogon to someone else's Daenerys.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025

And Liza Guilfoyle, queen bee of the school.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman