gĕrŭla, ae, f. [gero],
she that bears or carries , Tert. Anim. 19 fin. ; id. adv. Jud. 9 med. ; Ap. Met. 6, 20, 18: navis gerula sacrorum, Sol. 1 fin.—A working bee , Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 24.