0 in a group of bees, a single large female that produces eggs:
1 a woman who behaves as though she is the most important person in a group:
Each colony has a queen bee, who only mates for a few days and returns permanently to the hive to lay eggs.
Bernard sells Russian queen bees in the U. S. and in Europe, for $500 each.
A queen bee arrives with two worker bees in a small wire and wooden box that's sealed with a sugar lid.
Ms. Handler seems like a cruel queen bee from an expensive college.
Blond queen bee Megan wages psychological warfare on anyone who threatens her power.
"She's kind of the queen bee of the dementia unit," said the nurse.
