Stingless bee

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/stingless-bee

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Tribe Meliponini
2. What makes stingless bees different from honey bees?Stingless bees have tiny, useless stingers, so they can’t sting. Instead, they use strong jaws, special glands, and chemicals to keep predators away.
3. How do stingless bees protect themselves if they have no sting?They bite with powerful jaws, release sticky or poisonous liquids from glands, and sometimes spray chemicals that scare off attackers.

Corbiculate Bees: A monophyletic group of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, orchid bees, and stingless bees, characterized by pollen-carrying structures.
Meliponiculture: The ancient and ongoing practice of domesticating and managing stingless bees for honey, wax, and other hive products.
Vestigial Structures: Anatomical features that have lost most or all of their original function through evolution, such as the stingers of stingless bees.