beebread

American  

[bee-bred] / ˈbiˌbrɛd /

noun

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

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beebread British  

/ ˈbiːˌbrɛd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of beebread

before 900; Middle English be bred, Old English. See bee ¹, bread

Example Sentences

Occasionally, during the proper season, he locates a bees' nest and therefrom procures an amount of honey, larvae, and beebread that proves an uncommon treat for himself and his family.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

The whole ends with a vivid but very comic representation of the avid consumption of the honey and beebread.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.