ALL meanings of royal jelly
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R r - noun royal jelly a viscous substance secreted from the pharyngeal glands of worker honeybees, fed to all larvae during their first few days and afterward only to those larvae selected to be queens. 1
- uncountable noun royal jelly Royal jelly is a substance that bees make in order to feed young bees and queen bees. 0
- noun royal jelly 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 0
- noun royal jelly a highly nutritious mixture secreted by the maxillary glands in young honeybee workers, fed to all larvae for the first few days and then fed to only those larvae chosen to be queens 0