单词 | queen cell |
释义 | > as lemmasqueen cell queen cell n. Bee-keeping a hollow wax structure in the nest of a honeybee colony (usually one of several on the edge of a comb), in which a larva is raised as a sexual female and potential new queen. ΚΠ 1792 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 166 A queen cell, which is made while the bees are shut up, is formed by breaking down three common cells into one. 1843 Zoologist 1 158 I had the satisfaction of seeing that one queen-cell had been commenced. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 269 Queen-cells are started and equipped so that there will be a choice of new queens to replace the old one. 1992 H. R. C. Riches Handbk. Beekeeping vi. 61 Sometimes a colony will start queen cells and then for some reason will abandon the impulse to swarm and destroy the cells. < as lemmas |
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