Wreathed in smoke to drive away defensive clouds of giant bees, 26-year-old Som Ram Gurung dangles dangerously 100 meters off the ground, slicing off dark and dripping hunks of delicious honeycomb.For as long as anyone can remember in villages of Lamjung district, collecting the honey was worth the risk.
They say rising temperatures due to fossil-fuel-driven climate change is a key factor.'Bees... are highly susceptible to changing temperatures,' said bee specialist Susma Giri, from the Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences.'They are wild creatures and can't adjust to human movements or noise, which directly affects wild bees.