Beelike (5)
'beelike' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for apian that I've seen before include "social worker described thus?" , "Concerning 27 across" , "Concerning bees" , "concerning stingy types" , "Relating to bees" .)
(Other definitions for alive that I've seen before include "Teeming (with)" , "Not yet pushing up the daisies" , "Functioning" , "''Crying cockles and mussels, ..., ..., oh'' (Molly Malone)" , "Vital, vibrant" .)
(Other definitions for alone that I've seen before include "Lacking company, solitary" , "Without anybody or anything else" , "without another" , "unique" , "Note of charges" .)
(Other definitions for sting that I've seen before include "Goad" , "Tingle sharply" , "Sudden pain - swindle" , "Hurt; smart" , "Wound from wasp" .)
(Other definitions for stung that I've seen before include "Nettled - ripped off" , "conned" , "Wounded (by bee/wasp)" , "like Ray did, perhaps" , "goaded" .)