单词 | drone comb |
释义 | > as lemmasdrone comb drone comb n. honeycomb composed of drone cells; a section of this. ΚΠ 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G3v Besides these ordinary combes there is commonly one drone-comb in a hiue, wherein the Cephens are bred. 1774 D. Wildman Compl. Guide Managem. Bees iii. 14 They then breed the Male Bees or Drones, in the Drone Comb, of which there is one and no more in every Hive. 1909 I. Hopkins Bee-culture ii. i. 30 The difference between worker and drone comb is in the size of the cells. 2001 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 49 215/2 Each half [colony] contained about 4,000 bees, brood of varying ages, some honey and some drone comb. < as lemmas |
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