beeswax

n. wax secreted by bees

For the rock song by Nirvana, see Beeswax (song). Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. Beeswax is produced by young worker bees between 12 and 17 days old in the form of thin scales secreted by glands on the ventral surface of the abdomen. Worker bees have eight wax-producing mirror glands on the inner sides of the sternites (the ventral shield or plate of each segment of the body) on abdominal segments 4 to 7. The size of these wax glands depends on the age of the worker and after daily flights begin these glands gradually atrophy. The new wax scales are initially glass-clear and colourless (see illustration), becoming opaque after mastication by the worker bee. The wax of honeycomb is nearly white, but becomes progressively more yellow or brown by incorporation of pollen oils and propolis. The wax scales are about 3mm across and 0.1mm thick, and about 1100 are required to make a gram of wax
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Noun
1. a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
(hypernym) wax
(hyponym) Ghedda wax
(substance-meronym) cerotic acid, hexacosanoic acid
Verb
1. cover with beeswax; "Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table"
(hypernym) wax

(n.)
The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
  

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