Meliplebia becarri is the second the most abundant of all stingless bees (Meliponine) found in
the western highlands in Cameroon after Liotrigona bottegoi. These bees appear to be the most
restricted range species of all the other stingless bees’ species known in the western highlands of
Cameroon. M. becarri was recorded from just one village area (Takijah) in the whole of the
research area. The bees prefer to nest in Eucalyptus plantations and open farm lands with
numerous lateral roots to be used as anchor for their nests. It is unknown whether these bees
construct the cavities in which they fix their nests themselves or used already existed cavities of
some animals to fix their nests. M. becarri always cohabits with small white ants and some little
beetles. The nests of M. becarri are built in the soils and exhibits architectural characters which
are typical to all other genera of obligatory ground nesting bees in Africa like Plebeiella and
Plebeina. In M. becarri however, the nest proper consists of a brood area, area of involucrum
layers, and storage pots area. The combs are horizontal and the mode of building comb is
concentric while cell construction is synchronous.
The nests are connected to the exterior by a short outer entrance of 0.5-0.6cm above the soil and