Beebread
a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
Historical Examples
The whole ends with a vivid but very comic representation of the avid consumption of the honey and beebread.
The Manbos of Mindano John M. Garvan
The worker must now forage for pollen or “beebread” and nectar from flowers.
Great Hike Alan Douglas
noun
a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae Also called ambrosia
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