BEEBREAD

beebread, ambrosia

(noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

beebread (uncountable)

Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.

Anagrams

• bee beard

Source: Wiktionary


Bee"bread`, n.

Definition: A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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