worker bee

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A sterile bee whose specialty is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen.

Equivalents

Españolabeja obrera

Françaisabeille ouvrière ouvrière

DeutschArbeiterin

18 more languages

Bosanskiradilica радилица

Danskarbejderbi arbejdsbi

Esperantolaborabelo

Suomityöläinen työmehiläinen

Gaeilgebeach oibre

Gàidhligseillean-obrach

Hrvatskiradilica радилица

Italianoape operaia

日本語働きバチ働き蜂

한국어일벌

Nederlandswerkbij werkster

Polskirobotnica

Portuguêsabelha-operária

Românăalbină lucrătoare

Русскийрабо́чая пчела́

Shqipzoge

Српскиradilica радилица

Türkçeişçi arı

Examples

“Then, a worker bee has got six thousand eyes of each side of its head so it can see ⟳ the flowers that it wants to get ⟳ the pollen and the nectar from.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

worker-priest worker's comp worker's compensation workeress workerism workerist

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