Honeycomb
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A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic cells built from beeswax by honey bees in their nests to contain their brood and stores of honey and pollen.
Honeycomb
Honeycombs for sale at a market in Iran
A Western honey bee on a honeycomb
Natural honeycombs on a building
Beeswax
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Beeswax is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the h
Honeycomb
…A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic cells built from beeswax by honey bees in their nests to contain their brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb…
Beeswax cake
Commercial honeycomb foundation, made by pressing beeswax between patterned metal rollers
Fresh wax scales (in the middle of the bottom row)