Meanings
nounworker bee (plural worker bees)
plural worker bees
- A sterile bee whose specialty is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen.
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.
1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees, reprint edition, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 197
Translations
Bulgarian пчела-работничка
- пчела-работничка (pčela-rabotnička)sterile bee
Catalan abella obrera
- abella obrerasterile bee
Chinese Mandarin 工蜂
- 工蜂 (gōngfēng)sterile bee
Danish arbejdsbi, arbejderbi
- arbejdsbisterile bee
- arbejderbisterile bee
Dutch werkster, werkbij
- werkstersterile bee
- werkbijsterile bee
Esperanto laborabelo
- laborabelosterile bee
Finnish työläinen, työmehiläinen
- työläinensterile bee
- työmehiläinensterile bee
French abeille ouvrière, ouvrière
- abeille ouvrièresterile bee
- ouvrièresterile bee
German Arbeiterin
- Arbeiterinsterile bee
Irish beach oibre
- beach oibresterile bee
Italian ape operaia
- ape operaiasterile bee
Japanese 働きバチ, 働き蜂
- 働きバチ (hatarakibachi)sterile bee
- 働き蜂 (hatarakibachi)sterile bee
Māori pī kaimahi
- pī kaimahisterile bee
Polish robotnica
- robotnicasterile bee
Portuguese abelha-operária
- abelha-operáriasterile bee
Romanian albină lucrătoare
- albină lucrătoaresterile bee
Russian рабо́чая пчела́
- рабо́чая пчела́ (rabóčaja pčelá)sterile bee
Spanish abeja obrera
- abeja obrerasterile bee
Turkish işçi arı
- işçi arısterile bee
Cite this entry
APA
worker bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worker%20bee
MLA
“worker bee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worker%20bee. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worker bee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worker%20bee.
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