beebread

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

Probably an Early Modern English combination of bee + bread, but compare the Old English bēobrēad. Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd.

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