STORY: In this remote village in Nepal, about an eight-hour drive from the capital, Kathmandu… honey hunters prepare to collect from hives perched along a steep cliff. As smoke billows up to clear the ...

A new study reveals the economic importance of wild honeyguide birds to villages in northern Mozambique. Three-quarters of the honey collected by honey-hunters in Niassa Special Reserve is found with ...

The only honey hunter in the country, Mihai Grama from the village of Cacuciu, Beica de Jos commune, the central County of Mures, recognized for the practice of honey hunting (in Romanian barcuit or ...

People in parts of Africa communicate with a wild bird, the greater honeyguide, to locate bee colonies and harvest their honey and beeswax. A study by UCLA anthropologist Brian Wood and other authors ...

In many parts of Africa, humans cooperate with a species of wax-eating bird called the greater honeyguide, Indicator indicator, which leads them to wild bees’ nests with a chattering call. By using ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Eswatini, the Southern African country formerly known as Swaziland, people still commonly hunt for honey with the help of wild birds, a new ...

Step into the heart of the jungle, where ancient traditions meet untamed nature. In this awe-inspiring video, we follow fearless honey hunters who venture into the wild to harvest honey from hives ...