109 Bee tree

Item

Title

109 Bee tree

Description

The most common species of honeybees in Peninsular Malaysia (Apis dorsata) builds nests that hang below horizontal branches of the tallest forest trees. Some Batek are skilled at climbing the trees, sometimes with the aid of rope ladders made of rattan; stunning the bees with smoky torches; cutting the nests loose; and lowering them to the ground in bark baskets. This is usually done at night when the bees are in their nests and quiet. Here two nests, dark triangular protrusions, can be seen hanging below branches near the trunk of the bee tree (center).

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Endicott, Kirk M.

Date

1990

Format

JPG

Identifier

https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/12905

Type

Stillimage

Provenance

Keene State College

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets

Kirk Endicott Collection

Site pages

Kirk & Karen Endicott Collection

Media

109.jpg