The present invention provides a honeycomb structure in which a plurality
of honeycomb segments each constituted by a cell structure having a
plurality of cells divided from each other by partition walls and
functioning as a passage for fluid and an outer wall provided at the
circumference of the cell structure are bonded to each other at the outer
walls by a bonding layer made of a bonding agent and converted into one
piece, which honeycomb structure is characterized in that the bonding
agent does not contain inorganic particles having diameters (.mu.m) of at
least 1.1 times the average surface roughness Ra (.mu.m) of the outer
wall, in an amount exceeding 30% by mass relative to the total of the
bonding agent. In the honeycomb structure, the honeycomb segments as a
constituent are strongly bonded to each other by a bonding agent and
converted into one piece.