BEEBREAD Definition & Meaning

beebread

[ bee-bred ]

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noun

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

beebread

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noun

a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae Also calledambrosia

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of beebread¹

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

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The researchers also found that one common, plant-derived miRNA in beebread switches off a gene that helps larvae turn into queens.

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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.

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

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