TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE USE AND VEGETAL COVERAGE AND THE HONEY POLLEN DIVERSITY IN C`CERES (MT) Milaine Fernandes dos SANTOS 1 Carla GALBIATI 2 Sandra Mara Alves da Silva NEVES 3 Elaine Maria LOUREIRO 4 Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of the use dynamics and the vegetation cover during the years 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 on vegetal diversity as well as its influence on pollen types found in honey of Apis mellifera during two periods, in CÆceres- Mato Grosso State. The use and vegetation cover were analyzed, using the software SPRING and ArcGIS. The collection of both honey and flowers were monthly sampled during the periods from July/2005 to June/2006 and January/2008 to October/2009 in a commercial apiary located in CÆceres. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the pollen grains were accomplished in 98 honey slides. The diversity of the pollens was compared between crop and non-crop cycles, using the similarity coefficient. The honey samples were similar between crop cycles/2008 and crop/2005 (Ss=0,29) and between the crops cycles and crop/2008 (Ss=0,35). The crop/2009 was not similar to other periods. The important species for honey were Cecropia pachystachya, Mimosa pudica and Myracrodruon urundeuva, which were not affected both by the use dynamics and vegetation cover. The temporal dynamics of the use and vegetation cover caused low variation in the human-affected and Savannah areas, unlike pollen diversity of the honey which was similar in this research. Key words: Apis mellifera. Vegetation species. Temporality. Geographic Information System. Geo-Technologies. 1 Ps-Graduaªo em CiŒncias Ambientais  UNEMAT/Bolsista Capes. CELBE - Cidade UniversitÆria. Bloco II. CEP: 78200-000 CÆceres/Mato Grosso-MT, Brazil. E-mail: milaine.fernandes@gmail.com 2 Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso. Docente/Departamento de Agronomia  UNEMAT. Avenida Sªo Joªo, s/n. B: Cavalhada. Campus UniversitÆrio de CÆceres. CEP: 78200-000 CÆceres/Mato Grosso-MT, Brazil. E-mail: carla@unemat.br 3 Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso. Docente/Laboratrio de Geotecnologias  UNEMAT. Avenida Santos Dumont, s/n. B: DNER. Cidade UniversitÆria, Bloco I, sala I. CEP: 78200-000 CÆceres/Mato Grosso, Brazil. E-mail: ssneves@unemat.br 4 Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso. Laboratrio Cetapis  UNEMAT. Bolsista CNPq. Avenida Sªo Joªo, s/n. B: Cavalhada. Campus UniversitÆrio de CÆceres. CEP: 78200-000 CÆceres/Mato Grosso-MT, Brazil. E-mail: elayneloureiro@bol.com.br GEOGRAFIA, Rio Claro, v. 36, Nœmero Especial, p. 73-83, jun. 2011.