Examples of stingless in a Sentence
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As stingless beekeeping spreads, entire families are taking a more active role.
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Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
The most obvious difference, perhaps, is that stingless bees don’t sting.
—Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
People in Palau are already seeing and living in the effects of a warming world—our coral reefs are bleaching and our prized stingless Golden Jellyfish are dying.
—Time, 10 July 2023
Half a million local stingless bees churn out honey at the Bee Residence and the resort’s new telescope station is manned by an astronomer for viewing celestial bodies.
—Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2023
The stingless jataí bee lives in a vicious world where marauding robber bees steal its food and plunder its hive.
—Josie Garthwaite, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2012
The Peruvian Amazon is home to 175 different species of stingless bees.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
Now, though, the people of the Peruvian Amazon are learning how to raise their own stingless bees.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
While stingless bees usually collect pollen in small baskets on their hind legs, the researchers saw vulture bees use the baskets to carry their meat, according to the study.
—Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
The most obvious difference, perhaps, is that stingless bees don’t sting.
—Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
People in Palau are already seeing and living in the effects of a warming world—our coral reefs are bleaching and our prized stingless Golden Jellyfish are dying.
—Time, 10 July 2023
Half a million local stingless bees churn out honey at the Bee Residence and the resort’s new telescope station is manned by an astronomer for viewing celestial bodies.
—Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2023
The stingless jataí bee lives in a vicious world where marauding robber bees steal its food and plunder its hive.
—Josie Garthwaite, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2012
The Peruvian Amazon is home to 175 different species of stingless bees.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
Now, though, the people of the Peruvian Amazon are learning how to raise their own stingless bees.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
While stingless bees usually collect pollen in small baskets on their hind legs, the researchers saw vulture bees use the baskets to carry their meat, according to the study.
—Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1554, in the meaning defined above
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“Stingless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stingless. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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