This is honey made by apis florea bees, also known as small bees, collecting nectar from wild forests in Tamil Nadu. This honey is collected in an extremely gentle way from multi-combed hive. A bee tree is a tree in which a colony of honey bees make its home. Colonies in these trees have fixed comb, so inspection and management is impossible. When the tribals spot a tree cavity with a hive in it, they place a stone at the opening of the hive. The...
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