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stingless bee

noun

  1. any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stingless bee1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Central and South America are home to all three types of these stingless bees.

There is a small stingless bee here, which old man Jim called the sweat bee.

The Italian stingless bee has very lately been introduced into the United States.

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