By Christina Holvey
BBC unaffected times past Unit

We were taking place a mission headed for coat a honey bee as a result oversize it bottle live on next to incredible altitudes clothed in the Himalayas.

To compose clothes extra difficult, these bees boast a nip headed for match, plus they erect their enormous three-metre-long nests far above the ground taking place sheer face faces.

Every year, the restricted nation of Nepal consequence their lives headed for gather uncultivated honey commencing the cliffs, climbing elongated cane ladders, plus collecting the combs clothed in a traditional, except self-same precarious, manner.

For reasons which must boast been obvious, these bees boast solitary increasingly been filmed commencing a fantastic gap - our large map was headed for capture their insufficiently exhibit rituals plus dances clothed in glorious full-blown high-definition… except with the intention of was solitary the partially of it.

Our radio presenter Jimmy Doherty, himself a well developed bee-keeper, had been invited headed for not solitary witness the harvest, except headed for sign up clothed in too!

This intended he would be present floppy rotten a tiny ladder greater than a 60m cliff, surrounded via greater than two million giant annoyed bees.

Sat via the tributary hoard next to the bottom of a bee cliff, surrounded via smoke plus the venomous smell of restricted rice wine, we every one craned our necks headed for inspect the tiny outline suspended far above the ground on top of us taking place a cane rung, surrounded via a black cloud of buzzing.

Jimmy was sat beside me study intently, desperately difficult headed for absorb the performance this restricted honey huntsman was with - representing tomorrow it would be present his become positive the ladder.

The honey huntsman under arrest a elongated pole, which he was with because a undemanding wounding tool headed for slice by means of the fret comb, a enormous two-metre-long, bright-yellow waxy lobe, at the back of which the honey was kept.

Suddenly in attendance was a loud shout commencing above, plus I axiom a exit shaped blond intent career towards the crushed plus break down four-sided figure taking place headed for the cranium of a be in charge of stood in a straight line below.

The contact was as a result oversize it absolutely floored him, plus honey splattered every one greater than the place, pervasive him comparable a cumbersome sugary, gloopy parcel.

Everyone jumped up. Our on-location medical doctor ran ahead headed for help, bearing in mind him false taking place the floorboards totally positive headed for his eyeballs clothed in individual of the a large amount pricey honeys clothed in the world. I in fact inspiration he was dead.

Two men helped him headed for his feet, plus we every one breathed a sigh of relief. I boast not at all seen a honey-glazed be in charge of before; except unexpectedly in attendance was individual staggering shakily towards me, his eyes bloodshot except smiling cheerfully, plus trouncing himself every one over.

When I asked the medical doctor in a while proviso the be in charge of had suffered some concussion, it curved outdated the wobbliness plus bloodshot eyes had fewer headed for perform by the bonk taking place the head, plus quite extra headed for perform by bountiful amounts of restricted brew.

Jimmy plus the uncultivated Honey Hunters is make known taking place BBC individual next to 2000 BST taking place Sunday 10 August.