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

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First recorded in 1855–60

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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.
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There is a small stingless bee here, which old man Jim called the sweat bee.
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The Italian stingless bee has very lately been introduced into the United States.
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