Abstract
ABSTRACT
 Most primitive honeybees in India are Asiatic stingless bee (Tetragonula “iridipennis sp. group) and are highly eusocial and corbiculate. General behaviour of stingless bee, (Tetragonula “iridipennis” sp. group) inside the hive and their habitat was studied through periodical observation of colony. Colony behaviour showed that the bees (i) resort to switching of entrance (during morning and night), (ii) construct false nest and vestibule chamber to prevent intruders by trapping and mummification, (iii) follow mass provisioning (time and number of workers involved in provisioning per brood pot) and ovipositioning process (time taken for egg laying by queen and sealing of brood pots by workers after oviposition), (iv) resort to cleaning process through removal of waste as a debris ball, (v) resort to mess and soil manner of foraging (burglary of floral rewards), (vi) forage on resin substances (like natural milky latex from plant and petroleum product-grease) and (vii) peak forage time was between 1000 and 0100 hours. 
 Keywords: Tetragonula sp., Behaviour, Defence, Mass provision and Oviposition, Foraging
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