{"id":9010,"date":"2015-08-18T18:46:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/nepal-bees\/"},"modified":"2015-08-18T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:46:20","slug":"theres-something-special-in-the-cliffs-of-nepal-and-these-guys-will-do-anything-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/9010","title":{"rendered":"There’s Something Special In The Cliffs Of Nepal. And These Guys Will Do Anything For It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of honey, I really don’t think of scaling a huge cliff with giant bees to get it. But that’s what the local people of Nepal do every year. They risk their lives to harvest wild honey from the cliffs, climbing long bamboo ladders and collecting the combs in a traditional, but very precarious, manner.\r<\/p>\n<p>But this is not just any honey, and it doesn’t come from just any old bee. The Himalayan honey bee (Apis dorsal laborious) is the world’s largest honey bee and can measure up to 1.2 inches. They exist only in the Himalayas and build their nests in extremely high altitudes (from 8,200 to 13,500 ft). As for the honey itself, it’s red, and it’s one of the most valuable types of honeys in the world due to its intoxicating and relaxing qualities.\r<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Himalayan Gurung men of Nepal hanging on cliffs to harvest the honey.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/911\/nepal_honey_hunters_01.jpg\" alt=\"The Himalayan Gurung men of Nepal hanging on cliffs to harvest the honey.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/912\/nepal_honey_hunters_02.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/913\/nepal_honey_hunters_03.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/914\/nepal_honey_hunters_04.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/915\/nepal_honey_hunters_05.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>They risk their lives so they can then export the honey to other Asian countries.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/916\/nepal_honey_hunters_06.jpg\" alt=\"They risk their lives so they can then export the honey to other Asian countries.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Seriously, they really risky their lives…<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/917\/nepal_honey_hunters_07.jpg\" alt=\"Seriously, they really risky their lives...\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/918\/nepal_honey_hunters_08.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The bees are incredible.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/919\/nepal_honey_hunters_09.jpg\" alt=\"The bees are incredible.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/920\/nepal_honey_hunters_10.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/921\/nepal_honey_hunters_11.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/922\/nepal_honey_hunters_12.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>These guys look like daredevils, but they’re just normal men earning their living.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/923\/nepal_honey_hunters_13.jpg\" alt=\"These guys look like daredevils, but they're just normal men earning their living.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/924\/nepal_honey_hunters_14.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/925\/nepal_honey_hunters_15.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/926\/nepal_honey_hunters_16.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/927\/nepal_honey_hunters_17.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Fascinating.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/928\/nepal_honey_hunters_18.jpg\" alt=\"Fascinating.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/929\/nepal_honey_hunters_19.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/930\/nepal_honey_hunters_20.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/931\/nepal_honey_hunters_21.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/932\/nepal_honey_hunters_22.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/933\/nepal_honey_hunters_23.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>After a long day of honey harvesting, it’s picture time.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/017\/934\/nepal_honey_hunters_24.jpg\" alt=\"After a long day of honey harvesting, it's picture time.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\r<p>That’s some serious work to get a bit of honey.\r<\/p>\n<p>Photos:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehoneygatherers.com\/html\/photolibrary14.html\" target=\"_blank\">&Eacute;ric Tourneret<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericvalli.com\/index.php?\/stories\/honey-hunters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Valli<\/a>\r<\/p>\nShare the hard, death-defying work these guys do to earn their living.\t\t\t\t<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/nepal-bees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/viralnova.com\/nepal-bees\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of honey, I really don’t think of scaling a huge cliff with giant bees to get it. But that’s what the local people of Nepal do every year. They risk their lives to harvest wild honey from the cliffs, climbing long bamboo ladders and collecting the combs in a traditional, but very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/9010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There’s Something Special In The Cliffs Of Nepal. 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