A constant, fairly regular following for this honey producer (6)
I believe the answer is:
apiary
'this honey producer' is the definition.
I know that 'honey' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are singular nouns
'a constant fairly regular following' is the wordplay.
'constant' becomes 'pi' (mathematics: 3.14).
'regular' means one should take alternating letters.
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
The alternating letters of 'fairly' are 'ary'.
'a'+'pi'+'ary'='APIARY'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apiary that I've seen before include "Bee hive" , "Colony giving off a buzz?" , "Collection of beehives" , "group of workers?" , "Place where bees are kept in hives" .)