Article QZ7J Meet the psychedelic honey-hunters of Nepal

Meet the psychedelic honey-hunters of Nepal

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Mark Frauenfelder
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"One month a year, giant Himalayan bees, the biggest bees in the world, come to collect nectar from a poisonous flower, giving the honey they make certain medicinal, aphrodisiac, and hallucinogenic properties."

In this short documentary, filmmaker Raphael Treza meets with a Nepalese tribe to learn about this honey, and how they use it. During the making of the film, the translator eats too much of the honey and falls unconscious.

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