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Honey Hunters vs Bees and Tigers | Ganges | BBC Earth
Honey Hunters vs Bees and Tigers | Ganges | BBC Earth
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The Sundarbans stretches along the coastline of Bangladesh and India.
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It's by far the largest mangrove forest on Earth,
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six times the size of Greater London.
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Mangroves, with their bizarre aerial roots,
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are the only trees that can cope with the salty, waterlogged conditions.
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There are over 30 species of mangrove in the Sundarbans,
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and the biggest rely on one tiny animal to survive.
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Giant Asian honeybees feed on the nectar of the mangrove flowers,
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and, in the process, pollinate them.
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These are the biggest honeybees in the world – and also the most aggressive.
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They will defend their enormous hive to the death,
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against any threat.
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But the precious honey in those hives
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is exactly what the boatmen are after.
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These men have pushed deep
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into the maze of over 400 waterways that crisscross the forest.
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They spread out to search,
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calling to keep in touch.
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Many people have been killed by swarms of these bees.
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Ten metres is the closest a man can safely approach.
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The threatened bees are primed to attack.
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But the honey collectors know the chink in their armour.
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When the bees smell smoke,
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they instinctively behave as if the forest is on fire.
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As far as they're concerned, the hive is doomed to burn
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and there's no point in trying to protect it.
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With the bees no longer aggressive,
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the men can go about their work.
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A good hive can contain up to 20 kilos of honey.
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This is liquid gold for these men.
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But even though they are poor,
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they choose not to take the whole hive.
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Wise collectors know that if there is to be honey here in years to come,
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they should leave a section of the hive behind,
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so the bees don't have to rebuild from scratch.
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The honey will fetch a high price,
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but many men pay an even higher price for collecting it.
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It's not swarms of bees that make this one
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of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
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The trails are crisscrossed with the tracks of the forest's most infamous residents.
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Tigers roam the Sundarbans
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and they have a well-earned reputation for attacking people.
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Honey collectors are especially at risk
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because tigers rest in the dense vegetation
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where the beehives are also found.
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Tigers kill up to 100 people every year in this forest.
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Nobody knows why so many people are killed here.
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The tigers are hardly ever seen
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and are little understood.
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