beebread

[ bee-bred ]
/ ˈbiˌbrɛd /

noun

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

Origin of beebread

before 900; Middle English be bred, Old English. See bee1, bread

Words nearby beebread

bee's knees, bee-eater, bee-stung, beeb, beebe, beebread, beech, beech fern, beech grove, beech marten, beech mast

Example sentences from the Web for beebread

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for beebread

beebread
/ (ˈbiːˌbrɛd) /

noun

a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae Also called: ambrosia