Honeycomb
Langstroth frame of honeycomb
with honey in the upper left
and pollen in most
of the rest of the cells
A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. It is essentially the furniture in the bees' home. Broodcombcomb becomes dark over time, because of the cocoons embedded in the cells, and the tracking of many feet. Honeycomb in the "supers" that is not allowed to be used for brood stays light colored.
Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey. The honey can then be removed from the comb by uncapping and extracting in a centrifugal machine. Fresh, new comb is sometimes sold and used intact as "comb honey", especially if the honey is being spread on bread rather than used in cooking or to sweeten tea. Some believe that this benefits one's physical and mental health.
Honeycomb is also the name of a kind of confectionary, which somewhat resembles a honeycomb. In New Zealand this is known instead as Hokey Pokey.
