honey tube noun3 •A small tube that fits into one of the frames in certain types of beehive, allowing the beekeeper to collect honey.The longer the honey tube is in the drying oven the greater the loss – and the higher the percentage of water – apparently. — 1902 •A modified petal that fills with nectar which is then collected by insects; nectary.In the pansy one petal is modified for the same purpose, and in the columbine each of the five petals is a honey-tube. — 1908 •The cornicle on an aphid.This combination of a small honey tube and a feeler in which there is a single sensory pit on the ter minal joint, is peculiar to this larva just from the egg; none of the later broods have it . — 1900 formshoney tubes
