"queen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Menolly had promised him one when her queen, Beauty, mated.
- So the queen can check and even mate the king without danger to herself, but the pawn has to be guarded.
- During their nuptial flight the queens mate with several males, who die shortly after.
- As both emerge, the new queens mate with the males.
- One queen will usually mate with several males.
- Unlike most ant species, queens mate underground and are incapable of flight.
- In this species the queens may mate once or several times.
- Most ant species have a system in which only the queen and breeding females can mate.
- However, since queens usually mate with a dozen drones or more, not all workers are full sisters.
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