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Sweat bee

Sweat bee is a common name for various bees that are attracted to the salt in human sweat. It can refer to:

  • Small bees in the family Halictidae, common across the world
  • Various stingless bees of the family Apidae:
    • Plebeina hildebrandti, also called Mopane Fly, native to Africa
    • Trigona (genus), of the Americas and the Indo-Australian region
  • European honey bee, Apis mellifera, also occasionally laps human perspiration
  • Hoverfly, which is not a bee at all and is in the Syrphidae family of flies