Bees in the rain: Apis florea nests are attached to a wide variety of plants, and partially exposed to sunlight, wind and rain, and often have one surface of the comb exposed to direct sunlight for several hours a day. A. florea and A. andreniformis usually build single comb nests in shrubs, bushes, and small trees, but double-comb nests have occasionally been reported for A. florea. A. florea are very adaptable and seem to find suitable nesting sites under extremely varied conditions Hepburn, H. R., Pirk, C. W. W., & Duangphakdee, O. (2014). Honeybee Nests. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html