Dong Lei / Himalayan honeybee (Apis laboriosa) Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, China. October.

Solvin Zankl / Honey dripping from nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) that has been cut from tree before being squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Robert Pickett / Wood ant (Formica rufa) dragging a dead Honey bee (Apis mellifera), Kent, UK, October.

Christophe Courteau / Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata) up in a giant Mengaris tree (Koompassia excelsa) dipterocarp forest in Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Dong Lei / Himalayan honey bees (Apis dorsata laboriosa) on comb, Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China. October.

Axel Gomille / Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata), Karnataka, India

Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Giant honey bees {Apis dorsata} start to fly from the hive as the smoke from the torches of the honey hunters starts to get them, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provi...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb, and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Pr...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, and a bush knife to cut the comb, and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khuln...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Pro...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees,a bush knife to cut the comb, and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Pro...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb, and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Pr...

Tim Laman / Man collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb, and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Pr...

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee colony {Apis Dorsata} Tenom, Sabah, Borneo

Simon Williams / Giant Honey Bee {Apis Dorsata} feeding on flower, Tenom, Malaysia, Borneo

Simon Williams / Giant honey bees {Apis dorsata} close up of colony. Tenom, Sabah, Borneo

PREMAPHOTOS / Giant oriental honey bee (Apis dorsata) worker bees drinking on riverside sand in rainforest, Malaysia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nest {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Bottling honey that has been harvested from nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Bottling honey that has been harvested from nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Honey dripping from nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) that has been cut from tree before being squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) is cut and carried from tree before being squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Nest of Giant honey bees (Apis dorsata binghami) is cut and carried from tree before being squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) on nest that has been cut from tree and will be squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) is cut from tree and squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia