queen bee A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female ( gyne) that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive. Queens are develope ...

is the matriarch of a

honey bee A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the ...

colony. Queen bee may also refer to:

People

Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include: * * * * * better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after ...

(born 1974), known as Queen B/Bee *

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. With a career spanning over three decades, she has established herself as one of the most Cultural impact of Beyoncé, ...

(born 1981), known as Queen B/Bey

Music

Queen Bee (band) Queen Bee (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Kobe on March 31, 2009. They are known in Japan as and have described their genre of music and imagery themselves as "fashion punk". In 2009 the band recorded and, at the begin ...

, a Japanese musical group * ''Queen Bee'' (EP), 2014 EP by Little Ghost * Queen Bee Entertainment, a record label * "Queen Bee", a song by

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he develo ...

* "Queen Bee", a 1981 song by Grand Funk Railroad on the album '' Grand Funk Lives'' * "Queen Bee", a 2014 single by

Tina Guo Tina Guo () (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego. Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elabor ...

* Queen Bees, a Norwegian musical group made of up of

Rita Eriksen Rita Eriksen (born May 26, 1966, in Sola, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, as solo artist and in the 1990s, as part of the Norwegian singing duo Eriksen with her sibling guitarist and singer Frank Eriksen. Rita Eriksen was also briefly a member of ...

Anita Skorgan Anita Skorgan (born 13 November 1958) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in (14th), (11th) and with Jan Teigen in (12th). She was also a backing singer at the and contests, and co-wrote t ...

and

Hilde Heltberg Hilde Heltberg (30 September 1959 – 4 September 2011) was a Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oslo, Norway. Career Heltberg started her career in the late 70s when she entered a talent competition judged by Stein Ove Berg, wh ...

* "Queen Bee", a song by singer Rochelle Diamante * "Queen Bee", a song by singer Sylvia (1977) * "Queen Bee," a song by actor

Johnny Flynn Johnny Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and musician. He starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom '' Lovesick'' and is also known for his performances as David Bowie in the 2020 film '' Stardust''; M ...

for the 2020 film ''Emma'' * "The Queen Bees", a Bluegrass group featuring Aundrea Ware, Joey Ball, Suzanne Nadeau-Porter, Pam Rosenthal and Portia Rodgers

TV and film

* ''Queen Bee'' (1955 film), an American film starring Joan Crawford * ''The Queen Bee'' (女王蜂 ''Neoiwongfung''), a 1974 Hong Kong film produced by Golden Harvest * ''Queen Bee'' (1978 film), a 1978 Japanese starring Kōji Ishizaka * ''Queen Bees'' (TV series), a 2008 reality series that aired on The N * ''Queen Bees'' (film), a 2021 American film starring Ellen Burstyn and James Caan * "

Queen Bee A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female ( gyne) that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive. Queens are develope ...

", a 2023 special episode of ''Helluva Boss'' ** Queen Bee-lzebub, a reoccurring ''Helluva Boss'' character

Literature

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The Queen Bee "The Queen Bee" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 62). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 554 ("The Grateful Animals"). Synopsis Two sons of a king went out to seek their fortunes, but fell into disord ...

'', a fairy tale *"

The Queen Bee (Garrett story) "The Queen Bee" is a science fiction short story by Randall Garrett. First published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in December 1958, it has drawn harsh criticism in the following decades, with Michael Dirda of ''The Washington Post'' noting tha ...

", a science fiction story by Randall Garrett *

Queen Bee (comics) Queen Bee is the name of six different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Queen Bee has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with Marina Sirtis voicing the character in '' Young Justice''. Publicatio ...

, the name of four different DC Comics supervillains * ''Queen Bee'' (graphic novel), by Chynna Clugston * ''Queen Bee'' (newspaper), newspaper founded by Caroline Nichols Churchill in 1882 * , a 1951–1952 novel by Seishi Yokomizo in the Kōsuke Kindaichi series

Transportation

Queen Bee (aircraft) The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

, an unmanned aircraft used in World War II * ''Queen Bee'' (ship), an 1852 barque that ran aground on Farewell Spit, New Zealand in 1877 *

Queen Bee (steamer) The ''Queen Bee'' was a wooden carvel Twin-screw steamer built in 1907 at the Rock Davis shipyard at Blackwall, New South Wales, that was wrecked when she sprang a leak whilst carrying coal between Newcastle and Sydney. She was lost off Barre ...

a 1907 steam collier that sunk off Barrenjoey lighthouse Australia in 1922

Other uses

Queen bee (sociology) A queen bee is a woman who dominates or leads a group, is in a favoured position or behaves as such. The term has been applied in several social settings. Businesses In a business environment, ''queen bee'' may refer to women who are emotionally ...

, a term in cliques and social groups * Queen Bee Copper Mine, a former mine. at