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Definition of Beebread
1. Noun. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
Definition of Beebread
1. n. A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.
Definition of Beebread
1. Noun. A mixture of nectar and pollen made by worker bees and used as food for larvae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beebread
1. a pollen mixture [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beebread
Literary usage of Beebread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Carter Intermediate Readers by Anna H. Carter (1914)
"Some she fills with beebread, which is a mixture of pollen and honey. ...
We gladly take away some of her store of honey, but we gladly return the beebread. ..."
2. First Principles of Agriculture by Emmett Stull Goff, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1904)
"Some are made for holding honey; others in which the queen lays eggs, are sometimes
used also to hold honey or pollen, often called beebread. ..."
3. Flowers and Their Friends by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"Perhaps you could not live upon bread and honey; but you could if you were a bee,
that is, beebread and honey. For beebread is much more nutritious than the ..."
4. A Few Familiar Flowers: How to Love Them at Home Or in School by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"She takes it home and makes it into beebread to feed the young bees. She eats
beebread herself sometimes, and so do the other bees that live in the hive. ..."
5. Language Reader by Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens (1906)
"This is the dark, bitter stuff called "beebread," which you often find in a ...
When the bee has been relieved of the beebread, she 20 goes off to one of ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"beebread. (1) Trifolium pratense, L.—Kent. Kather a misnomer, as the hive bee
cannot reach the honey; the flowers are fertilized by means of the humble bee. ..."
7. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"No increment of beebread or royal jelly is due to her own activities, or received
by inheritance. Queen and environment are alike parts of one system. ..."
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