Comb-honey

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Unprocessed honey that is still situated in its original beeswax cells. uncountable, usually

    "They are considered to be an all-purposes bee, but their comb-honey is not quite so good as that of the native kind: they are not equal to the latter as comb-builders, and are often hard to persuade to enter the supers;"

Example

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"They are considered to be an all-purposes bee, but their comb-honey is not quite so good as that of the native kind: they are not equal to the latter as comb-builders, and are often hard to persuade to enter the supers;"

Etymology

From comb + honey.

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