maestra
/maˈestɾa/ · B1 · noun · f
queen bee
🐝👑 maestra = female master: the master of the hive, like maestro
From Latin magistra, the female form of magister, master. Maestra usually means teacher, but abeja maestra, the master bee, is the queen who runs the hive. Maestro and maestra are the same word, one masculine and one feminine.