| 释义 |
queenright, a.|ˈkwiːnraɪt|
[f. queen n. + right a.]
Of a colony of social insects, esp. bees: provided with a queen. (In quot. 1932, ‘relating to the presence of a queen’.)
1932E. B. Wedmore Man. Beekeeping ii. 38 In the writer's opinion the bees in the portion of the hive in question conclude that the queen is failing, and he calls the impulse [to rear a second queen] ‘queenright supersedure’. 1966Laidlaw & Eckert Queen Rearing ii. 33 A strong queenright colony can care for 45 grafted cells a day. 1971E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 333/2 Marchal..also reported the presence of laying workers in queenright wasp colonies. 1974Country Life 2 May 1041/1 The owner of the colony who hasn't an ear for the contented hum of what apiarists call a ‘queenright-hive’ waits until his slow wits tell him that tragedy has struck. |