Honey hunting from the largest bee in the world

[custom_adv]

Despite this being a team effort – up to a dozen men are drafted in to support the hunter or ‘kuiche’ – there is silence, pressure and precision.Engulfed by the thick, acrid smoke, the hunter jousts tentatively at a nest with a bamboo stick with a sickle or wooden plate at one end, cutting the exposed honeycomb away from the cliff face.

Check Also

Biography of Farnaz Salmani, costume designer and new judge of the “Woman of the Day” program

Farnaz Salmani: Bridging Tradition and Modernity in Iranian Fashion In the evolving landscape of global …