worker bee
noun [ C ] uk/ˈwɜː.kə ˌbiː/ us/ˈwɝː.kɚ ˌbiː/
(also worker)工蜂
a female bee that cannot produce young but collects food for the other bees that it lives with
Larger colonies with more worker bees and the ability to store more honey survived. 较大的蜂群有更多的工蜂，有能力储存更多的蜂蜜，从而得以生存下来。
A worker bee lives for about six weeks. 一只工蜂的寿命约为六个星期。
勤勤恳恳的普通职工
a person who works very hard but who does not have a high position
For much of his life he has built a career as a worker bee in business deals arranged by others. 他的一生，很多时候都是在勤勤恳恳地履行别人签下的商务交易。
People didn't know whether I was a worker bee or a manager. 别人不清楚我是基层跑腿的还是经管人员。
- More examples
- A queen bee arrives with two worker bees in a small wire and wooden box that's sealed with a sugar lid.
- Worker bees have a stinger to defend the hive, but they are unlikely to use it unless provoked.
- Worker bees in the corporate world know that the Human Resources department is not really on their side.
- He noted that trucks are the worker bees of the economy.