Beebread

/ˈbiːbrɛd/ noun

Definition

A mixture of pollen and honey that bees produce and store in the hive as food for the colony.

Etymology

Compound word from 'bee' and 'bread,' dating back to at least the 1600s as beekeepers observed and named this bee-made food. Called 'ambrosia' by ancient Greeks who saw it as divine food.

Kelly Says

Bees make multiple foods—honey, beebread, and royal jelly—and scientists discovered that beebread is actually probiotic, containing beneficial bacteria that bees need for digestion. It's like the bees discovered fermentation thousands of years before humans!

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