These Nepalese honey hunters go to great lengths to harvest the honey of the giant Himalayan bees. During one month of the year, the bees make honey from a hallucinogenic variety of rhododendron, making this a prized and rare treat among these honey hunters. This whole exercise is outrageously risky and if you’re afraid of heights — or of bees — you’ll get a sense of just how good this honey must be from this short documentary about the hallucinogenic honey hunters and their quest.
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