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royal jelly

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royal jelly
n.
A nutritious substance secreted by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees that serves as food for all young larvae and as the only food for larvae that will develop into queen bees.
royal jelly
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a substance secreted by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees and fed to all larvae when very young and to larvae destined to become queens throughout their development
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Noun1.royal jelly - a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens
secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
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royal jelly
n (Med) → Gelée royale nt


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How, covered by this confusion, Sacharissa educated certain young bees to educate certain new-born bees in the almost lost art of making Royal Jelly.
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