Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Royal jelly   /rˈɔɪəl dʒˈɛli/   Listen
Royal jelly

noun
1.
A secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Royal jelly" Quotes from Famous Books



... themselves to work in constructing several royal cells, (probably to be more sure of success,) take a grub (larva) from the cell of a common worker, place it in the new-made royal cell, feed it on royal jelly, and in a few days they a Queen. Now as the eggs are laid in about three litters per week, the bees, to be still more sure of succeeding in their enterprize, take maggots, differing in age, so that if ...
— A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees • John M. Weeks


Copyright © 2025 Free Translator.org