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Kōrero: Wasps and bees

Bee products

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Bee products

Royal jelly is a health supplement using the creamy substance made from pollen by worker bees – mainly as food for queen larvae and queen bees. Honeycomb is made of beeswax, and consists of the hexagonal cells used to store honey or to hold individual larvae.

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John Early, Wasps and bees – Introduced bees, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11161/bee-products (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Early, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.