ABSTRACT
Nagaland is an important biodiversity hotspot having vast bee flora and fauna diversity in a 16,579 sq. km geographical area. Among the four species available in India, Nagaland has a rich abundance of Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis florea. In Nagaland, beekeeping is practiced in a traditional manner (in simple tree trunks, logs, bamboo and underground domiciles) with Apis cerana and stingless bees in houses and Apis florea and Apis dorsata as wild in specific marked areas around the villages in all 11 districts. However, the density of nest finding of wild bees is more in lowland areas of Nagaland.
