Queen-bee Sentence Examples

queen-bee

  • The five girls were part of a popular clique with Allison as their queen bee.

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  • In the hive-bee and among ants, on the other hand, there are constant structural distinctions between queen and worker, and the function of the queen bee in a hive is confined to egg-laying, the labour, of the community being entirely done by the workers.

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  • The freshman season began with former queen bee Serena van der Woodsen returning from an unexplained year long absence at boarding school.

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  • Darcy (played by Shenae Grimes) was introduced to viewers as a strait-laced Christian, who becomes captain of the Spirit Squad and Queen Bee of the school.

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  • When the television series begins, Aria Montgomery and her family are just returning from a year overseas, while Spencer continues to overachieve to get her family's attention and Hanna slimmed down and took Allison's place as queen bee.

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  • Authorities differ with regard to the age during which the queen-bee is useful to the bee-keeper who works for profit.

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  • In the burrow the queen bee builds a few small cells from wax made in her body.

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