1
[ adjective ] made pregnant

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

The young queens and drones leave the nest and mate , and after a short period of freedom , the fertilized young queens will begin to dig in for the winter .

At the old nest , the queen will in the early fall cease to lay the fertilized eggs that will produce females .

Related terms

fertile

*