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Meaning of "queenless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUEENLESS

queenless  [ˈkwiːnlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUEENLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Queenless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES QUEENLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of queenless in the English dictionary

The definition of queenless in the dictionary is having no queen.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUEENLESS


awnless
ˈɔːnlɪs
boneless
ˈbəʊnlɪs
boonless
ˈbuːnlɪs
brainless
ˈbreɪnlɪs
chainless
ˈtʃeɪnlɪs
dimensionless
daɪˈmenʃənlɪs
directionless
dɪˈrɛkʃənlɪs
finless
ˈfɪnlɪs
frictionless
ˈfrɪkʃ ənlɪs
hornless
ˈhɔːnlɪs
machineless
məˈʃiːnlɪs
motionless
ˈməʊʃənlɪs
sinless
ˈsɪnlɪs
spineless
ˈspaɪnlɪs
spleenless
ˈspliːnlɪs
stainless
ˈsteɪnlɪs
sunless
ˈsʌnlɪs
thornless
ˈθɔːnlɪs
tuneless
ˈtjuːnlɪs
winless
ˈwɪnlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUEENLESS

queen´s shilling
Queen´s speech
Queen´s ware
Queenborough in Sheppey
queencake
queencraft
queendom
queenhood
queenie
queenite
queenlet
queenlier
queenliest
queenliness
queenly
Queens
Queensberry rules
queenship
queenside

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUEENLESS

bottomless
buttonless
carbonless
chinless
crownless
emotionless
expressionless
gunless
moonless
painless
passionless
patternless
radiationless
rainless
shunless
signless
skinless
spinless
unless
visionless
weaponless

Synonyms and antonyms of queenless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «queenless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUEENLESS

Find out the translation of queenless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of queenless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «queenless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

queenless
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin reina
570 millions of speakers

English

queenless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

queenless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

queenless
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

queenless
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colmeia sem rainha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

queenless
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orpheline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berkahwin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weisellos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

queenless
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

queenless
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa ratu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

queenless
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

queenless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राक्षसी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

queenless
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

queenless
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

queenless
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

queenless
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orfan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

queenless
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

queenless
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

queenless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

queenless
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of queenless

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUEENLESS»

The term «queenless» is used very little and occupies the 154.146 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUEENLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «queenless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «queenless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about queenless

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUEENLESS»

Discover the use of queenless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to queenless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Queenless Box of Bees
This collection of stories represents most of my creative output from the last several years, and can roughly be divided into two, maybe three, distinct groups.
Neal Blaikie, 2008
2
Crop Pollination by Bees
The number of pollen foragers was highest in conventional colonies with abundant space and lowest in conventional colonies that were crowded; DPUs were intermediate (Tew and Caron, 1988b). Queenless DPUs are inexpensive to set up, ...
Keith S. Delaplane, D. R. Mayer, D. F. Mayer, 2000
3
Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology
Res., 2, 191–199. Baratte, S., Cobb, M. and Peeters, C. (2006). Reproductive conflicts and mutilation in queenless Diacamma ants. Anim. Behav., 72, 305–311 . Beekman, M., Martin, C.G. and Oldroyd, B.P. (2004). Similar policing rates of eggs ...
Gary J. Blomquist, Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, 2010
4
Encyclopedia of Entomology
Despite this safety mechanism, many colonies fail to requeen themselves before the female larvae in the colony become too old to become queens. Because of this, many colonies become hopelessly queenless and are destined to perish.
John L. Capinera, 2008
5
The Fire Ants
To determine whether she does, Obin and Vander Meer created small broodless, queenless subcolonies and fed these the same diet as their source colonies for six months, until they had reared eggs to adulthood and the original workers ...
Walter Reinhart Tschinkel, 2006
6
Issues in Life Sciences—Acarology, Arachnology, and ...
Yunnan. Agricultural. University,. Kunming: Genotypic. diversity. in. queenless. honey. bee. colonies. reduces. fitness. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — Investigators discuss new findings in Bee Research.
‎2013
7
The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids
This new definition changes the traditional scope of eusociality, and accordingly queenless ponerine ants, together with various social wasps and bees, are excluded. Their societies, entirely made up of totipotent individuals (i.e. having the ...
Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi, 1997
8
Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions
layed ovary activation and/or reduced egg survival. But queenless workers eventually become more permissive of each other's eggs, an indication of colony- level selection for reproduction of at least some drones (Miller and Ratnieks2001) .
Benjamin P. Oldroyd, Siriwat Wongsiri, 2009
9
Issues in Ecological Research and Application: 2011 Edition
When a colony has a queen (i.e., it is queenright) almost all worker-laid eggs are eaten, but when hopelessly queenless, the workers become more tolerant of worker-laid eggs and rear some of them to adult drones,” scientists in Sydney, ...
‎2012
10
Queen Rearing
The Queenless Cell Builder Queenless cell builders may be used to start and complete cells, or to finish cells started in swarm boxes or starting colonies. These colonies, which cannot maintain themselves, need supporting colonies for a ...
Harry Hyde Laidlaw, John Edward Eckert, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUEENLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term queenless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wang Yue dominates
For today, here is a superbly-played queenless middlegame. Wang Yue - Lu Shanglei. Reti Opening. 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 e6 7. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Looking at one of my best honey seasons ever - oh boy!
Ok, back to my queenless hive. So, I open the hive next door to this queenless hive and I found a frame of brood, which had eggs and newly hatched larva on it. «Park Rapids Enterprise, Jun 15»
3
What Happened to the 22 Million Bees That Spilled onto the Highway?
Potentially queenless. Confused. Photos of the scene depicted beekeepers haunting the dark hour in full beekeeping regalia, attempting to salvage what hives ... «TheStranger.com, Apr 15»
4
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Bee Die-Off
If they're unable to raise a new queen, the hive is considered "hopelessly queenless." At that point, worker bees develop ovaries and lay eggs, but those eggs ... «Truth-Out, Feb 15»
5
How Queen Bees Suppress The Rest
This suggests that ovary activation itself causes a decline in ovariole number, or that loss of ovarioles is required for ovary activation in queenless workers. «Asian Scientist Magazine, Feb 15»
6
Norway's Magnus Carlsen defends world chess crown in Sochi
Anand, rated 6th in the world, had good chances in Game 11, but faltered in a complicated queenless middlegame. A risky exchange sacrifice of rook for bishop ... «RT, Nov 14»
7
Gardening to Distraction: Mail order queen bees
The old queen is caught, killed, and after 24 hours, when worker bees realize they are queenless, a new queen is introduced. Not immediately. The new queen ... «Waynesville Daily Guide, Aug 14»
8
It's summertime, and the bees are swarming
There is a trick to re-housing these homeless and queenless, stranded bees. They need a queen and a hive to move into, but any hive will defend itself against ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 14»
9
The Camden honeybee adventure is alive and well, spreading to …
We saw all kinds of colonies – strong ones, weak ones, queenless ones and dying ones. We saw newly caught swarms and newly installed packages, as well as ... «PenBayPilot.com, May 14»
10
Spring Has Sprung, the Grass Has Riz, I Wonder Where the Flowers Is
Of course, last year's first inspection held bad news with three of my hives queenless and dwindling. I wasn't alone (misery loves company). This area of NC had ... «Mother Earth News, Mar 14»

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