Stinging insects
The crossword clue "Stinging insects" is answered by BEES, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEES answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HORNETS (5 uses in xd)
- REDANTS (5 uses in xd)
- FIREANTS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for BEES
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEES, most used first.
- Honey bunch - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Buzzers - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Spelling contests - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Hive dwellers - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Nectar collectors - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Stingers - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Flower fanciers - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Busy buzzers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Hive group - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Queen's subjects - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Quilters' gatherings - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Quilting parties - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Honey makers - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Hive insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Quilting events - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Apiary residents - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Some drones - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Some queens - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- The ___ knees - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Waggle dance performers - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Stinging insect - WASP, used 121 times
- Insects - ANTS, used 38 times
- Stinging remark - BARB, used 33 times
- Industrious insects - ANTS, used 29 times
- Social insects - ANTS, used 28 times
- Colony insects - ANTS, used 25 times
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