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单词 queenright
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queenrightadj.

Brit. /ˈkwiːnrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈkwinˌraɪt/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: queen n., right adj. and int.
Etymology: Apparently < queen n. + right adj. and int. Compare earlier queenless adj.
Of a colony of social insects, esp. honeybees: possessing a queen. In quot. 1932: occurring in the presence of a queen.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > having queen (of colony) > relating to presence of
queenright1911
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > relating to queen bee > of presence of queen
queenright1911
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > relating to queen bee > having a queen
queenright1911
1911 C. C. Miller Fifty Years among Bees 118 When a colony is found that is not queen-right, it is remorselessly broken up, and distributed among other colonies, or united with a weak colony having a good queen.
1932 E. 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’.
1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 333/2 Marchal..also reported the presence of laying workers in queenright wasp colonies.
1992 Internat. Jrnl. Trop. Agric. 10 240 In Apis mellifera..the production of wax was more in queenright colonies that in queenless colonies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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