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Wild Honey Harvesting has been practiced from ancient times, the cave paintings and written records demonstrates that the Mad Honey Hunting has been practiced by ancient people and has been transferred from generation to another. The process is known as mad honey hunting and is performed by skilled Gurung Honey Hunters of Nepal in Nepal.

Although, practices of Wild Honey Harvesting is carried out in several countries, Nepal is famous for the process of Honey Hunting.

Honey Hunting in Nepal has been around the Globe since centuries and has been practiced till date. Honey Hunters from the Himalayas are primarily known for daring and adventurous activity.

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Burra Maluca wrote:"Some villagers in Nepal depend on honey hunting for their livelihood, and the country is home to the Apis laboriosa, which is the biggest honeybee on the planet. These bees construct their hives on the cliffs of the country’s foothills, and watching the honey hunters at work is a sight to be seen. Due to the location of the bee hives, honey hunters make use of rope ladders and baskets to get to the combs after the bees have been flushed out with smoke by lighting a fire underneath the hives."

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Who would have thought the Honey can be harvested from the higher hills of Himalayan region of Nepal. The images show how honey grows in the cliffs and how a Honey Hunter (harvester) extracts it from the cliff.

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