from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A nutritious substance secreted by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees that serves as food for all young larvae and as the only food for larvae that will develop into queen bees.
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- n. A substance secreted by bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, called royal jelly because it is supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.
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- n. a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens
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