Stingless Bee
Austroplebeia
Cephalotrigona
Cleptotrigona
Dactylurina
Frieseomelitta
Hypotrigona
Lestrimelitta
Leurotrigona
Liotrigona
Lisotrigona
Melipona
Meliponula
Meliwillea
Nannotrigona
Nogueirapis
Oxytrigona
Paratrigona
Pariotrigona
Paratrigonoides
Partamona
Plebeia
Plebeina
Scaptotrigona
Tetragonisca
Tetragonula
Trichotrigona
Trigona
Trigonisca
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (approximately 500 species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the family Apidae, and are closely related to common honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees and bumblebees. The common name is slightly misleading as male bees and bees of other species, such as those in the family Andrenidae, can not sting. Meliponines have stingers, but they are highly reduced and cannot be used for defense.
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