The Clue
Stingless bees (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DRONES
Tags
Notes
The answer DRONES is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bagpipes
Hums
Nonworkers
Bagpipe sounds
Boring lecturers
Feckless ones
Hive idlers
Hive loafers
Hive occupants
Pilotless planes
Unmanned aircraft
Uses a monotone
Utters monotonously
Queen-bee victims
Some reconnaissance craft
Stingless, feckless bees
They have no sting
Definition
DRONE as a noun:
1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2. (monotone, drone, droning) = an unchanging intonation
3. (dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke) = someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
4. (drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft) = an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
5. (drone, drone pipe, bourdon) = a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
DRONE as a verb:
1. make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
2. (drone, drone on) = talk in a monotonous voice