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beebread

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Noun — A mix of pollen and honey that bees store in the hive as food for young bees and workers.

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Probably a combination formed in Early Modern English from bee and bread, though compare Old English bēobrēad (“honeycomb full of honey”) and Middle English beoblæd (for beobræd?); it is cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd (“honeycomb”, “gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”).

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