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queen bee

dominant reproductive female bee in a colony
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queen bee

Summary

queen bee is a bee cast[1]. It draws 6,440 Wikipedia views per month (bee_cast category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • queen bee's instance of is recorded as bee cast[3].
  • queen bee is a type of insect queen[4].
  • queen bee is a type of Apidae[5].
  • queen bee's Commons category is recorded as Apis mellifera queen[6].

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Definition and Type

queen bee's instance of is recorded as bee cast[3]. Recorded subclass of include insect queen[4] and Apidae[5].

Why It Matters

queen bee draws 6,440 Wikipedia views per month (bee_cast category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → bee cast
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → insect queen, Apidae
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007586002205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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