Apparently it was first shown last year but caught "Jimmy and the wild honey hunters" where they packed some pig farmer off to Nepal to have a go collecting honey off the cliff bees (Apis laboriosa) which build huge combs hanging off cliffs.
Some amazing photography in the programme. with the combs out in the open, the bees flick their abdomens to warn off predators which results in these amazing "waves" rippling across the combs. Looks like an awful lot of work for a bit of honey though, don't think I'll be swapping my hive for a cliff face anytime soon.
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