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Word: ovipositor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep this inept and sweaty creature away from the true business of production-honey. They will sting, and when they do, Author Crompton insists, the bees know that they give their lives for a good cause. The most successful career woman in the insect world converts her useless ovipositor into a weapon of aggression-and self-destruction. Only the queen bee has it made. Not for nothing did Napoleon have his robes embroidered with the bee symbol: that belated Beelzebub knew who was Lord of the Flies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bee Around Us | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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