bee tree

a hollow tree used by wild bees as a hive, especially the basswood or American linden.

Origin of bee tree

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Where the two lines intersect is the bee-tree and the hidden treasure of wild honey.

A Northern Countryside |Rosalind Richards
He learned the sweets of a bee-tree, and how a bear must go to work to attain them.

The Watchers of the Trails |Charles G. D. Roberts
His present whim was to descend the bee-tree and journey over to the clearing.

The Kindred of the Wild |Charles G. D. Roberts
Yes, when I reach a certain spring, and a bee-tree on the Kentucky River.

The Conquest |Eva Emery Dye

When the boys started for the bee-tree they carried a bundle of dry palmetto fans, an axe, and a bucket for the honey.

Dick in the Everglades |A. W. Dimock