[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.
