worker bee

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worker bee

noun worker bees

  1. A sterile bee whose specialty is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen. Then, a worker bee has got six thousand eyes of each side of its head so it can see the flowers that it wants to get the pollen and the nectar from.

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noun sterile bee

Españolabeja obrera
日本語働きバチ hatarakibachi, 働き蜂 hatarakibachi
中文工蜂 gōngfēng
Portuguêsabelha-operária
Françaisabeille ouvrière, ouvrière
DeutschArbeiterin
Italianoape operaia
Românăalbină lucrătoare
Русскийрабо́чая пчела́ rabóčaja pčelá

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@misc{worker_bee_2026,
  title = {worker bee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worker%20bee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}