stingless bee
noun
any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.
Origin of stingless bee
1First recorded in 1855–60
Words Nearby stingless bee
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How to use stingless bee in a sentence
Central and South America are home to all three types of these stingless bees.
Meat-eating bees have something in common with vultures | Sharon Oosthoek | December 8, 2021 | Science News For StudentsThere is a small stingless bee here, which old man Jim called the sweat bee.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. TomlinsonThe Italian stingless bee has very lately been introduced into the United States.
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