When bees fill up the little pockets in their honeycomb with honey, they close them up to keep the honey safe. Instead of saying 'seal full honeycomb pockets with wax,' you can say things like:
- Bees cover the full honeycomb cells with wax.
- Bees cap the filled honey pockets using wax.
- Bees close the honey-filled parts of the comb by putting a wax lid on them.
- Bees protect the honey in the comb by sealing it with wax.
Basically, after storing honey, bees make sure it stays fresh by putting a wax lid on each honey pocket.