stingless

American  

[sting-lis] / ˈstɪŋ lɪs /

adjective

1. (often of a bee, jellyfish, etc.) not having a sting or stinger.

2. produced by or related to bees that have no stinger.

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Example Sentences

"He suggested that, given our opportunity to collect stingless bees in Rondônia, we should also include orchid bees in our research," Brown said.

From Science Daily

As a child, Heriberto Vela, an Indigenous resident of Loreto, Peru, watched his father pull nests of wild stingless bees from trees in the Amazon forest.

From New York Times

Many of the insects encased within them were stingless bees, tropical pollinators that can get stuck in the sticky substance while gathering it to construct nests.

From Salon

Inside was the hive where the stingless bees stored their honey.

From Literature

Yet little is known about the array of species living on every continent save Antarctica, ranging from tiny stingless bees to bees the size of a human thumb.

From BBC