[2023] It’s interesting to me that so many people collectively call hives “bee lady”

me and my friend have always just referred to them as bee ladies out of simple thinking.

i was watching a youtuber recently and he said “we call these bee ladies” and i thought “huh that’s interesting, we did the same instinctively.” then i watched someone else another time and this guy also referred to them the same way. i notice people on this sub using the same term even though we all clearly know they’re hives.

why is this? is this just an example of a slang term or is it genuinely a coincidence that many people call hives “bee ladies” for some reason?

edit: another trend i’m seeing in this comments is “bee bitch” or “bug bitch”