Nepal's Mad Honey That Causes Hallucinations (They climb to go insane)

in the remote High Cliffs of Nepal Only Just 2 weeks a year a very rare honey with hallucinogenic effects is harvested mad honey this extraordinary honey produced by the world's largest honey bees in the Himalayas contains very potent grayana toxins these toxins can distort your senses in unimaginable ways and send your mind into Vivid hallucinations like hearing voices that don't exist or seeing the world around you melting away to reach the rare mad Honeycombs Hunters climb hundreds of meters up unsafe Cliffs relying solely on just a rope ladder they use only their bare hands and

feet while bearing countless painful stings from the giant beans throughout history locals have used mad honey in small doses as a cure for various diseases and an aphrodesiac but the line between its unique healing capabilities and toxicity is Razor thin an extra spoon of mad honey might cause a slowed heart rate paralysis or even loss of life in the remote Village we are visiting only one family is left practicing mad honey hunting just like in this 7,500 year old cave painting their ancient methods have never changed and their way of hunting honey is something that

you won't see anywhere else after 36 hours of flying and road tripping we finally arrived at tany Village and met the gurung tribe they've migrated and settled here from Tibet how are you I am fine your father is the honey according to their custom the newcomers like me must wear an amulet for protection against harm illness and evil spirits so before going honey hunting the lady blesses me with water and ties a thread around my neck we're currently heading towards the honey Hunters we're making our way downhill along a path with Rice Terraces Namaste here

stand three generations of Honey Hunters budhiman his father and his grandfather the years of hard work are VIs in his hand for for speech for every year he goes to the Towering Cliffs to seek mad honey for speech speech everyone is busy with their tasks right now they are getting ready to hunt the golden potion nand and her father are making plans to decide which Cliff they will go to while the others prepare the handmade tools to create a ladder they are carefully fitting these wooden rungs into the braids of two bamboo ropes which are

meters long at the top of the cliff nand and the other villagers are making final preparations they are firmly securing the ladder on the trunk of a tree getting the ladder close to the beehives is crucial spe speech ] IGN speech ] speech forign meanwhile others are making a huge bundle of freshly cut leaves they Place some chalks in the middle and wrap it around with a rope this giant incense is the only defense of the honey Hunter against the be colonies fore speech fore speech ] for speech foree speech ] fore speech ] speech

for speech fore speech has there ever been an incident that you are caught in a fire fore for what's this for it's a strap for securing it all right the hunters put on their beekeeper mask it's time to go down the ladder they use is 80 M long but the cliff is taller than that height so nand starts his climb from the top of the cliff instead of starting at the bottom I will stay with the group providing support from below the cliff it's better to put the beekeeper suit on because this place will soon

be swarming with angry bees all right very good to go the mad honey is produced by AP laboriosa the largest honey bebee on Earth being 3 cm tall this species is twice as large as the average worker honeybee and has long stingers that can easily penetrate clothing their first stop is a ledge right above the giant beehives here they rearrange the position of the ladder to make the ladder stay balanced nand's friend climbs down to the lowest point of the rope and waits there with this teamwork they will get the mad honey and we will

be able to taste it speech ] speech ] fore forign speech ] for speech IGN speech speech ] foreign speech ] foreign speech ] forch foree ] [Music] forch the honeycomb surface is covered with black layer of bees consisting of up to 100,000 bees each colony builds one vertical exposed comb at the cliffs reaching up to 1 m in length smoke is rising the bees have sensed danger and are now doing their defense Wave by moving their abdomen up and down in perfect sync to scare off the enemy this optical illusion confuses Predators by making

the bees appear as a single massive organism the bees are now fighting off my drone they are seeing it as a giant buzzing Intruder it's time for the most multitasking part of the job Nanda has a lot to juggle he uses two poles one to balance the basket to keep the pole steady he uses his foot and with the other pole he is cutting the huge honeycomb while the bees are furiously buzzing around every time he cuts out several kilos of honey bees may sting him over 100 times each hunt but he has to stay

stable the Hunter's got to be quick and careful up there his only safety is the Rope tied to the bamboo ladder any wrong move could be fatal how many years he has been hunting honey for speech speech ] forign speech ] foreign [ fore speech foreign speech ] fore fore speech [ fore speech ] speech forign speech ] [ for if I take a spoon of honey what happens you become a paining vomiting and uh unconscious what if I take two spoons you don't know anything I will be like paralyzed yeah wers for like of

paralyze we're going back as it started raining we don't want our cameras to get wet honey hunters will meet us in Village so while he was cooking lights went well these days the monsoon rains are about to take over Nepal the electricity has been out for 3 hours now and it's starting to get dark the honey Hunters couldn't return to the Village yet meu is cooking some veggies and rice for us with the help of a flashlight finally all the hunters have returned to the Village safe and sound after a long day did the be

S for spech much honey did we hunt today will you all go if the weather is Goode spech tell us what has happened to your father [Music] spee speech fore spech forign speech ] for speech for speeech ] Fore speech ] for speech ] forign speech ] for speech really excited to try mad honey today but now it's past 10 p.m. and everyone needs to wake up early for tomorrow's Harvest trying it alone at night might not be safe especially in a remote area miles away from the nearest health facility so I have to wait

until tomorrow to give mad honey [Music] ago we going to have breakfast it's like 700 a.m. in the morning after breakfast we go for honey hunting this time I'll taste it we were there yesterday today which way are we going to go the other side other side yes are we going to climb up or climb down clim down today we have a larger group with us they believe that today's location will result in a bigger mad honey Harvest now it's time for the hunters to sacrifice the chicken for they're cutting these wood pieces to add

to the ladder the ladder is so heavy that even two people can hardly carry it while they get the chicken ready we're making our way to the cliff where the honey will be harvested the path is much more treacherous today with slippery grounds this bridge has collapsed due to Landslide but we have to get to the other side because that's where they will harvest honey okay okay it's all right it's all right we have to be like synchronized because we are shaking the bridge very dangerous you're fine yeah I'm fine and you I am fine

yeah all right I'm coming down yeah I got it if there's anything more dangerous than mad honey itself surely the way of harvesting it if he falls down from that age there's no way he can survive it's at least 100 m took this off but he told me to put it on again maybe in an hour we will have a lot of bees flying around Furious bees even while we were waiting some bees had already started to defecate on us what you see on his finger is Beefy this honey toilet so this is the poop

nand and the other Hunters are back at it again the ladder and the Flaming bundle are lowered the mad honey Harvest has begun see how he fixes this steak with his fot amazing he's like an acrobat there grayanotoxins come from the nectar of rhodendron flowers that bloom in the Himalayas and it takes about 4 million flower visits for the bees to make just 1 kog of honey and an average worker bee produces only 1 12th of a tablespoon of honey in it entire lifetime so it's not surprising that the 200 g of rare Harvest mad

honey which has the highest amount of Grano toxins that I am about to taste is currently being sold on the market for approximately $400 however it's a sad fact that Hunters risking their lives earn less than $50 per person by selling kilog of honey here comes a basket full of Honey straight up from the cliff the team is now extracting the mad honey they use a straw SI to filter out larvae dead bees insects and other impurities and store it in the plastic Jerry can it's finally time to taste the mad honey this is where

things get really exciting it has a slight bitter taste with sweetness I can really feel the grayanotoxin kick in almost immediately it's tingling right yeah there's a different texture it slowly burns your mouth it already started as you said it's like eating something spicy yeah but there's a risk I didn't think about [Music] I definitely don't want to experience temporary paralysis or unconsciousness out here in the middle of nowhere so I'm moving fast when you get intoxicated with this honey you'll be like dead for 12 hours you cannot move your body yeah it'll be hard

for us to help you carry you this mountain even that amount you get me high even that amount sometimes yes we have a lot of way to go back we are hurrying to return to the Village I hope my body does not give up since we climbed up high enough we're going to take a quick break here we will eat the chicken which was sacrificed before the honey Harvest take it brother thank you he was stung several times and a painful one was right on his lower lip it's visibly swollen eating something will slow down

the absorption of the mad honey and the grayanotoxin entering my bloodstream so we can keep going with less Rush mad honey is considered the earliest known biological weapon in 67 BC as the Romans invaded the Black Sea region the soldiers of the kingdom of pontis placed mad Honeycombs along the path of the Roman army the Romans couldn't resist became intoxicated lost their guard and their lives were ended tragically when I have the perfect dose I see more clearly I feel active mentally and I can work more I can focus more I use it as a

meditative purpose what is right though it depends on the honey this one is very strong 1 tspoon is okay for me if you overeat then it's going to be very bad for you I finally got to the entrance of the village without any trouble and here I go for one last dose of mad honey here this time I'm not holding back and squeezing a generous amount of mad honey into my mouth I ate a lot [Music] right are know if too much but I already swallowed the entire thing I hope I won't get really sick

The Taste is really really really bitter and it makes me cough a lot we wait I'll tell you my experience with all the details your body will start to heat first you'll feel tingling but it highly varies do you think that I consumed a lot of honey that's a decent amount to but we will see meu consumed like a small spoon of the same honey and he is throwing up so what I will feel is totally a surprise everybody experiences it differently let's give it some time and see what happens while we wait for Matt

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was feeling sick I'm going to see how he's doing now how are you feeling man not good not good how much did you consume h a little bit just I consume more than that you want to sleep we can't leave you alone cold and uh my leg my finger very cold so can you stand up no no no I feel thirsty if I drink water don't Dr I feel thirsty I drink water I vomiting then again vomiting then again vomiting 10 time I V soon after I started showing similar symptoms to meu my body temperature

dropped suddenly and I wrapped myself tightly in the first blanket I could find it's cing noral you want some water tea yes look this is hot yes I don't feel any heat on my fingertips I can't hold it like this for hours you hold it here and I hold it here who can keep longer you still holding in the human body grayanotoxin disrupts sodium Channel activity in cell membranes and prevents neurons and muscle cells from communicating and functioning properly that's why my fingertips are currently insensitive to heat and have abnormal Sensations like tingling and numbness

and I feel this effect slowly spreads throughout my body take it man take it I feel very hot now I first felt like I was burning so I tried to take off my shirt and then after a little moment I was feeling cold the lady also had a spoonful of the mad honey we harvested today she seems to be in good spirits our host is definitely benefiting more from mad honey than I am she's now in a euphoric State how old is she it's so rude to ask speech forch [Laughter] fore you like me spe

is she comfortable with us filming her I have a headache here from my forehead to my left eye I I don't want to keep my eye open I'm dealing with pain all over my body seconds feel like hours and I slightly lose my track of time the effects are growing more intense and I'm starting to feel sick I've suddenly begun throwing up grayanotoxin doesn't have an antidote most of the time the body can tolerate it but there are rare cases where it can cause heart failure to enjoy the medicinal benefits without side effects it's best

to stick to your doctor's recommendations fortunately my body cleared the poison within 24 hours and I felt much better the next day despite a night filled with headaches nausea and ringing in my ears mad honey Isn't Easy to come by if it requires skilled and brave individuals to harvest it from Cliffside hives The gurungs Preserve a rich cultural Legacy that I hope will be passed down to Future Generations don't forget to download the game that my game development company has created the last drop go play it on Steam now I'm sure you will have a

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