bees-wax
(ˈbiːzˌwæks)
[f. bee1 + wax.]
The wax secreted by bees as the material of their combs, and used for various purposes in the arts.
| 1676 Moxon Print Lett. 12 You may rub your Stone over with a little Bees Wax. 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) I. vii. lxxxviii. 406 They also export beeswax annually to near one thousand schippounds. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. 793 Bees Wax is secreted by glands on the ventral scales of the bee, whence they collect it. |