Think your job is bad.....

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/yQGDbZo.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/yQGDbZo.jpg)

The workers use lit plants to smoke the bees away from the hive


http://i.imgur.com/WT9PzBF.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/2Ta3aqh.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/ywbr3Uw.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/ZpdyGsM.jpg

Using only sharpened bamboo poles to slice the honeycomb from the cliff face

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/lcFpiAa.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/3yXqDCP.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/3yXqDCP.jpg)



http://i.imgur.com/0pxt6qS.jpg

Bamboo braided baskets are used to lower the honeycomb to the ground


http://i.imgur.com/RE8EKNv.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/J48drd2.jpg

I don't know about you, but I am okay with not ever being this close to a that many bees


http://i.imgur.com/zmWv6xm.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/GHbDzkA.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/GHbDzkA.jpg)

The honey hunters of Nepal work without protective gear 200+ ft off the ground. They use rope or braided bamboo ladders and smoke to access the honeycomb, which protrudes from the cliff face.