stingless bee

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Noun

stingless bee (plural stingless bees)

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

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