Why is the word "honeycomb", in Luke 24:42, missing from most Bible translations?

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King James, together with a few other translations, has "fish and honeycomb" in Luke 24:42, while most other translations only mention "fish". Why is "honeycomb" missing? Is "honeycomb" a newer added word? Or was it left out by some translators due to some error in the recording of the word in the text that was copied?

Luke 24:42 (NIV) They gave him a piece of broiled fish.

Luke 24:42 (KJV) And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.