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beebread

[ bee-bred ]

noun

  1. a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.


beebread

/ ˈbiːˌbrɛd /

noun

  1. a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae Also calledambrosia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beebread1

before 900; Middle English be bred, Old English. See bee 1, bread
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Example Sentences

The researchers also found that one common, plant-derived miRNA in beebread switches off a gene that helps larvae turn into queens.

Occasionally, during the proper season, he locates a bees' nest and therefrom procures an amount of honey, larvae, and beebread that proves an uncommon treat for himself and his family.

The whole ends with a vivid but very comic representation of the avid consumption of the honey and beebread.

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