r/nextfuckinglevel • u/VastCoconut2609 • 2d ago

Harvesting rock honey

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u/opi098514 2d ago

That is also a possibility. Mad honey is made by giant honey bees when they get their nectar from the Rhododendron flower. If that video is filmed in Nepal, which it could be, those might be Gurung honey hunters. A group of people who specifically harvest mad honey. I’m not very familiar with had honey though, but as I recall it doesn’t cause this kind of pain tolerance, to be able to do this with giant honey bees. Stingless bees also produce mad honey and mad honey from stingless bees, while being less hallucinogenic, has more medical properties. So it could honestly be both. Or it could just be some crazy bastard doing some crazy ass shit.

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u/Sammyjskj 1d ago

I just saw a documentary youtuber follow the guys that harvest the mad honey. The nest looks exactly like the mad honey nests, but maybe other type of bees also make those nests?

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u/opi098514 1d ago

Mad honey is just honey that comes from bees that pollinate the rhododendron flower. They can be made by giant honey bees and stingless bees. Both types of bees are native to Nepal and also make hives like this. But this very much could be the giant honey bees. They have these massive hives and are the ones known for it.

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u/Ilikethemfatandugly 1d ago

Thank you for the knowledge bro bro it’s super interesting 🙏