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(beekeeping) A small case used to introduce and protect a new queen bee to a queenless hive in order to determine whether the new queen will be accepted or rejected.
Use queen-cage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Queen-cage means (beekeeping) A small case used to introduce and protect a new queen bee to a queenless hive in order to determine whether the new queen will be accepted or rejected.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use queen-cage where its definition matches the intended context.
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