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nectar
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A sweet liquid given off by plants and especially by flowers. Used by bees in making honey.
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beeswax
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A yellowish to grayish-brown substance made by bees and used by them to make honeycomb.
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honeycomb
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A mass of 6-sided wax cells built by honeybees in their nest to house young bees and store honey.
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hexagon
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A polygon of 6 angles and 6 sides.
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wax glands
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A group of cells in a honey bee that produces beeswax, located under the abdomen of the worker bee.
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royal jelly
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A substance rich in vitamins and proteins that is secreted from glands in the head of honeybees, and is fed to all very young larvae and to all maturing queen bees.
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