The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a message performed by a first relay device in a mesh network of Bluetooth including receiving a first message from at least one device including a first device and a second device, calculating a Hop count with the first device based on the first message, receiving a second message transmitted from a second device to the first device, and the second message includes a first relay value indicating a relay count and a destination address field including an address of a destination device, comparing the first relay value with the Hop count, and dropping or transmitting the second message to one or more neighboring devices according to the result of comparison.