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<div><p>Research about plant visited by <em>Apis</em> forager was conducted at altitude < 500 m and 600-1400 m of West Sumatra from December 2009-July 2010. The plant visited by forager was collected at radius 500 m from nests in fruits cropping, coffea and cinnamom plantation and forest edge. Honeybee from genus <em>Apis</em>visit on plant consisted of four species, those are<em> A. andreniformis, A. cerana, A. dorsata</em> and <em>A. koschevnikovi</em>. Plant visited by forager <em>Apis</em> consisted of 61 species belong to 26 families. The number of 36 plant species found at lowland and highland, 20 species only at lowland and five species at highland. Most of plant species visited by <em>Apis </em>forager are Asteraceae and Leguminoceae. About 29 plant species visited by <em>Apis</em> were agriculture crop and 32 species of non agriculture. <em>Apis andreniformis</em> visited 29 plant species, <em>A. cerana</em> 56 species, <em>A. dorsata</em> 57 species and <em>A. koschevnikovi </em>one plant species. <em>Cucumis sativus</em> was visited by four bee species, <em>Galiansoga farviflora</em> was visited only by <em>A. cerana</em>. Five plant species (<em>Rorippa indica, Cinnamomum burmanii, Nasturrium indicum, Rorippa indica</em> and <em>Eryngium foetidum</em><em>)</em><em> </em>were visited by only <em>A. </em><em>d</em><em>orsata</em>. Other three plants species (<em>Mangifera indica, Cytrus aurantifolia</em>and <em>Oryza sativa</em><em>)</em> were visited by <em>A. cerana</em> and <em>A. andreniformis,</em> 31 plant species were visited by <em>A. cerana</em> and <em>A. dorsata</em>, 21 species were visited by <em>A. andreniformis</em><em>,</em><em> A. cerana</em> and <em>A. dorsata.</em><em></em></p><p>Keywords: lebah madu, Apis forager, food source plant, visit</p><div> </div></div>