A tree containing honey.

1

1817.  The hunters, who had found a bee tree, and were returning to the boat for a bucket, and a hatchet to cut it down.—John Bradbury, ‘Travels,’ p. 33.

2

1829.  [They] marched off into the woods, to witness the cutting of a bee-tree, and to gather grapes and peccans.—T. Flint, ‘George Mason,’ p. 63 (Boston).

3

1829.  The bee-tree, in falling, had broken off at the point where the swarm had formed their hive.—Id., p. 66.

4

1834.  We encamped early, and cut a bee tree, obtaining a good quantity of honey to eat with our bear meat.—Albert Pike, ‘Sketches,’ &c., p. 76 (Boston).

5

1835.  Our practice was to find the bee-trees, at our leisure, during the summer, and mark them with a tomahawk.—James Hall, ‘Tales of the Border,’ p. 83 (Phila.).

6

1835.  The bears is the knowingest varmint for finding out a bee-tree in the world.—W. Irving, ‘Crayon Miscellany,’ ix.

7