Bee bread
a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
historical examples
that is pollen, or bee bread, and the bees are very fond of it.
little busybodies jeanette augustus marks and julia moody
noun
a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae also called ambrosia
noun
a honeycomb with honey in it
examples
we do not often see bee-bread in these days, because we have given miss apis little wooden frames for her honeycomb.
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