stingless bee
English edit
Noun edit
stingless bee (plural stingless bees)
- A bee that does not sting.
- A bee of tribe Meliponini.
- Synonyms: meliponine, stingless honeybee
- A bee of tribe Meliponini.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
- stingless bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Meliponini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Meliponini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons