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ˈqueenless, a.
[-less.]
Having no queen.
1858Sat. Rev. VI. 29/1 They may learn what happens to the queenless swarm. 1880Lubbock in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. 176, I procured a queen..and put her with some honey in a queenless nest. 1882Harper's Mag. LXV. 252 Gladis hung the cage for one day in her queenless hive.
Hence ˈqueenlessness.
1884Bee-keeping (Brit. Bee-keepers' Assoc.) 26 With me queenlessness presents the worst of all difficulties. |