worker bee
Colony's sterile female
A worker bee is a sterile female bee that performs the labor of the hive—gathering nectar, building comb, feeding larvae, and defending the colony.
Figuratively, a worker bee is someone who does the bulk of the work without recognition or authority: She's the real worker bee in that office while her boss takes the credit.
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- honeycombWax matrix of hexagons
- team playerOne who collaborates willingly
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- division of laborSplitting tasks among workers
apiary · beekeeper · pollination · tireless · selfless · hive mind · wax · honey production · industrious · diligent · forager · hexagon · busy · dutiful · antenna · sting · collective · golden
- insect castesqueen ant, soldier ant, drones, soldier, reproductive
- beeshoneybee, bumblebee, honeybees, bumblebees, carpenter bees
- bugsbeetle, cricket, bug, firefly, cockroach
- Insect Worldbutterfly, moth, beetle, cicada, locust
- short-lived creaturesmayfly, fruit fly, gnat, mosquito, housefly
- Stinging Insectsant, wasp, hornet, bumblebee, honeybee