Abstract

• Nesting behavior and nest structure of Apis florea (Fabricius, 1787) was conducted from AlelThaung and Tha-Htay-Kone Villages in Yesagyo environs from December, 2018 to August, 2019. A total of 150 colonies was used for nesting by Apis florea. They used 31 different plant species which belong to 20 families and the man-made structures. Tamaridus indica, Mangifera indica and Ziziphus jujuba were most preferred nesting plants. The Apis florea nest occupied on the different height of the plants, the highest number of colonies was found in 3-6m height (57 colonies), followed by 0-3m (40 colonies), 6-9m (29 colonies), 9-12m (16 colonies), and 12m above (eight colonies). The measurement of comb length 18.95±7.5cm, ranging from 4 to 30 cm; comb width 16.85±5.74 cm, ranging from 2 to 26 cm and comb thickness 1.95±0.22 cm, ranging from 1 to 2 cm (n=20) were recorded. The number of honey storage cells, 36.3±6.64 (n=20), worker cells, 63.1±7.61cells (n=20), drone cells, 27.75±4.58 (n=8) and queen cells 5.71±3.69 cells (n=7) recorded in two centimeter square were observed in the study area.