May 16, 2006
Dangling over sheer cliffs on rope ladders, traditional Nepalese honey hunters harvest the sweet goo produced by Himalayan cliff bees.
All is not well in Himalayan beeland, though - modern, less respectful harvesting methods threaten the bee nests and the very cliffs, as the Apis laboriosa honey gains popularity as a key component in traditional medicines.
ICIMOD (International Center for Integrated Mountain Development) oversees a Himalayan Honeybees project, encouraging the more traditional harvest techniques, and promoting eco-tourism.
Note, however, that bee-watching is not for wimps.
It seems the honey can't be bought in Europe.
Please, bees, buzz on back here!
Honey in the rock I see
Oh, how high the humblebee
Soars toward its airy nest
To do its api-very best
Interesting yet infuriating.
bees. we need you.
1. Would have been nice if the article had included some PHOTOS (bigger than thumbnails), ferchrissake.
2. Come back soon, bees.
Mmmmmm, honey.
Mmmmmmmissing Bees.
*sad
beeeeeeeeeee yourself
sweet goo !
There's no such things as Himalayan Cliff Bees.
Venezuelan beaver bees?
o they do wicked things
in Nepal
which is why bees don't like them
at all
they steals all our honey
to smear on their toast
a feat that is shameful
and not fit to boast
though we stings them and stings
and we firmly believes
they are naught but a pack
of vile thieves
Some may think it ornery
To stoop low, and rob a bee
Tho verily if done with care
The bees will make more honey there
A timeless dance that we have done
For honey and our honey bun
A bee survives the cold and heat
On stores of such a human treat
As ever gods could bring about
For thine own selves would sing and shout
So care bee taken, honey theives
Our souls are nourished by these bees
Your haste and wanton greed will cost
More than stings, and honey lost
))) are bests, pete!
Ah, Winnie Ther Pooh
when Disney got through
Mr. Ernest Shepherd
couldn't recognize you
If only a human mob were as considerate - yet they both reach a critical mass... Still, it sounds like the bees give it more of a chance. Oh, wait, is that some kind of a pun: the Bees gives it one more chance?
just one more chance
is an old bee dance
keep the sun in the tail
of your eye
jig to and fro
for a couple of hours
when you're suggesting
some far field of flowers
that the rest of the hive
should try
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