stingless bees

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006074

Social bees belonging to the subfamily Meliponinae which defend nests by biting, not stinging. Species include important pollinators.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-AGR-006074
Field	Agriculture and food
Subject	Animals, Livestock, One Health
References	NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See also	honey bees; Apidae; meliponiculture
Translations	Spanish: abejas sin aguijón

Record as JSON

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006074",
  "term": "stingless bees",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Social bees belonging to the subfamily Meliponinae which defend nests by biting, not stinging. Species include important pollinators.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "honey bees",
    "Apidae",
    "meliponiculture"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "abejas sin aguijón"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/stingless-bees/"
}

Record 6,074 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.