stingless bee

English

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Noun

stingless bee (plural stingless bees)

1. A bee that does not sting.
   1. A bee of tribe Meliponini.

      Synonyms: meliponine, stingless honeybee

Usage notes

• Meliponines are not the only type of bee incapable of stinging: all male bees and many female bees of several other families, such as Andrenidae, also cannot sting.

References

• stingless bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meliponini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Meliponini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons