queen bee
The most important or dominant woman in an organization or situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“She acts like the queen bee of the office.”
“Everyone knows she is the queen bee here, so you should probably ask for her approval first.”
“Despite her outward charm, she operated as the undisputed queen bee, carefully controlling the social hierarchy of the entire department.”
From the compound of queen and bee. Middle English previously employed the term kyng of been, literally the king of bees, to describe the same role.
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Last updated August 10, 2026