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| Sparkling apples ! Renegade honey bee apples! |
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| Fruit of the wild honey bees ~ envision gallery garden, 2007. |
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| Honey Bees continue to exist as they have for hundreds of years.... |
| Malaysian honey bee tree |
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The Tualang Tree, the Giant Asian Honey Bees and the Hindu Myth of the Princess, Hitam Manis-- Dark Sweetness...
by Stephen L. Buchmann and Gary P. Nabhan
Malaysia's rainforest at two o'clock in the morning was, for most of us, unlike anything we had ever seen before. We were
surrounded by a dense stand of thin, straight-trunked, smooth- barked trees known as dipterocarps, . . . .And yet, there
was something stranger still about the rainforest on this particular night: an ancient honey-harvesting ritual had begun,
one that would be accompanied by an incredible pyrotechnic display. We stood not far from an enormous Tualang tree, waiting
to witness an astonishing shower of sparks raining down from smoldering torches held ninety feet above us. Somewhere high
in the Tualang canopy, a seventy year-old Malay honey-hunter and his sixteen year old grandson were readying their gear to
gather honey from giant Asian bee colonies. On the ground below them, three singers chanted ancient prayers integral to the
Tualang honey-hunting ritual . . . . . .
>>>click here to continue the story of Malaysian Honey Hunters
Wild Bee nest on Arizona cliffside, discovered by bee scout, Robin.
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