1. a mixture of pollen and honey stored by honeybees as food for the colony
Usage: also called bee bread or ambrosia; fermented pollen stored in honeycomb cells

Examples

• Beebread provides essential proteins and nutrients that help the colony survive winter.
• The bees packed beebread into the cells near the brood to feed developing larvae.
• Beekeepers sometimes harvest excess beebread as a nutritional supplement.
• Unlike honey, beebread is fermented and has a slightly sour taste.
• The colony's health depends on having adequate stores of beebread and honey.