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beebread
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The staminate willow catkins , then , provide their visitors with both nectar and pollen ; a marvelous arrangement , for it provides exactly what the bee queens need to make their beebread , a combination of honey and pollen with which the young of all species are fed . On this , she builds an `` egg compartment '' or `` egg cell '' which is filled with that famous pollen and nectar mixture called beebread . Then , a group of eggs is deposited in a cavity in the beebread loaf and the egg compartment is closed . When the larvae hatch , they feed_on the beebread , although they also receive extra honey meals from their mother . When she succeeds , she usually manages to slip_in unobtrusively , to deposit an egg on a completed loaf of beebread before the bumblebees seal the egg compartment . Related terms |
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