bēo-mōder

bēo-mōder, f.n: a bee-mother, a queen bee. (“bay-oh-moh-der”)

Bees in the Worksop Bestiary. England (possibly Lincoln or York), c. 1185. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.81, folio 58r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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