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High in Lamjung's Gurung villages, hunters dangle from handwoven rope ladders to harvest the world's largest honeybee — and a red spring honey potent…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 18, 2026
Key facts Apis laboriosa , the Himalayan giant honeybee, is the largest honeybee species on Earth — workers run close to 3cm long, roughly double a European honeybee. Colonies build open-air combs on sheer cliff faces from 2,500m to 3,600m , some over 50…
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What this means for you You can't book a honey hunt — it isn't a tourist activity, it's dangerous subsistence work done on the hunters' own schedule, and reputable operators, us included, won't stage one for a camera. But you don't have to book one to see…
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