Busy Bees

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Illustrations
Animals
Text on Button BUSY BEES
Image Description

White text over a brownish background over a blue background with an illustration of a gold and black bee
Back Paper / Back Info

DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., C/O ELGIN, NEW YORK BOSTON
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
5/8 inch
The Manufacturer
David C. Cook Publishing Co
Additional Information

A busy bee is an idiom that refers to a person who is active or busy. 

In a bee colony, there are three castes: the queen bee, worker bees, and drone bees. Worker bees, the ones referred to as busy bees, have several duties to the hive including collect food, build the nest, clean cells, guard the hive, and build wax. They are the smallest in size.
Sources

 

Busy bee. (n.d.). In The Free Dictionary. Retrieved July 22, 2020, from https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a busy bee

How Bees Work: Understanding the Honeybee Social Structure [Web log post]. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2020, from https://beekeepclub.com/how-bees-work/
Catalog ID AR0385