QUEEN, n.

1. The consort of a king a queen consort.
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom a queen-regent as Elizabeth, queen of England Mary, queen of Scotland.
3. The sovereign of a swarm of bees, or the female of the hive.

A hive of bees cannot subsist without a queen.

Queen of the meadows, meadow sweet, a plant of the genus Spiraea.

QUEEN, To play the queen to act the part or character of a queen.