Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun pollen mixed with a little honey, as it is stored by bees for the sustenance of their young. Kneaded with more honey and with a secretion from the mouth of the insects, it becomes bee-bread.
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Examples
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Here too the insect is busy hoarding pollen-paste.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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She does not recognize the masonry which she herself has erected and kneaded with her saliva; she does not know the pollen-paste which she herself has stored.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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a forceps when she had half entered the cell, head foremost, to fill it with pollen-paste, carried her to a closet at some distance from the spot where he captured her.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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