(Baonghean.vn) - Inside the thick forest of West Nghe An, there are men who swing on top of trees like squirrels, hunting for wild honey. It takes the hunters a lot of techniques and workmanship, in order to obtain the human’s favorite natural gift.
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| To find the hives, wild honey hunters must acquire specific experiences to search for worker bees, observe their directions and follow them to their home. |
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| The hunters must get through tough paths to enter the deep woods to reach the bee colonies. |
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| Beehives often hang in very high branches of old trees. |
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| One of the essential steps for grabbing the honey without getting stung is to make sure the direct hunter’s body get covered up carefully before approaching the beehives. |
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| Climbing high old trees, the honey hunters look like a group of ants. Some bee colonies even build their houses on trees that are tens of meters tall. |
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| The huntsman has to smoke the bees out of their nests. After making sure that the last bee already leaves, they skillfully take pieces of wax and put them into special bags which have been prepared before. |
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| The honey bags are dropped down by lines, and there will be someone to support from the lower places. |
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| This is a wild honey huntsman’s achievement after two hours of hard work in Que Phong mountainous district. In peak season, a man can earn 500,000 to 1 million dongs from a hunt which often lasts 1 – 2 days. |
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| Extracting the honey from the combs also requires craftsmanship and carefulness. |
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| The raw honey then enters filtration process with many times of filter. |
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| To enhance the quality and the non-perishable feature of the honey, the processors need to expose every honey bottle to the sun in a certain time. |
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| In recent days, wild honey has been recognized as one of people’s most favorite specialties and sold popularly in mountainous districts of Nghe An |
Reporters: Nguyen Cuong - Ho Phuong
Translator: Hien Nguyen
