bee mother

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bee mother

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From bee + mother, possibly as a calque of Old English bēomōdor (“queen bee”).

noun bee mothers · bee-mother · beemother

  1. rare A queen bee (perceived as the mother of the hive) […] but how much more so when it must be acknowledged, that it is all owing to one female, and that this queen-bee, or bee-mother, alone, has given origin to such an immense progeny?

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@misc{bee_mother_2026,
  title = {bee mother},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bee%20mother},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}