女王蜂

Japanese
Kanji in this term
女 王 蜂
じょ
Grade: 1		 おう
Grade: 1		 はち > ばち
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
女王バチ

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じょお​ーばち [jòóꜜòbàchì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɯ̟ᵝba̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

女(じょ)王(おう)蜂(ばち) • (joōbachi) ←ぢよわうばち (dyowaubati)?

  1. queen bee
    • 2005, 吉田忠晴, ニホンミツバチの社会をさぐる, 玉川大学出版部, →ISBN, page 58:
      働(はたら)き蜂(ばち)の卵(らん)巣(そう)の発(はっ)達(たつ)は、女(じょ)王(おう)蜂(ばち)のフェロモンによって抑(おさ)えられている。
      Hatarakibachi no ransō no hattatsu wa, jōubachi no feromon ni yotte osaerarete iru.
      The development of the worker bees’ ovaries is inhibited by the queen bee’s pheromones.

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